Filmmaker inspires young voters with movie about man's rise from NEET to city council

※これは朝日新聞英字版のコピーです。

Filmmaker Kiminari Suzuki attends a preview of his film, "NEET Senkyo," in Niigata's Chuo Ward. (Yuri Yamamoto)

NIIGATA--A semi-autobiographical film about a young penniless man with few friends who gets elected to a local city council has created a buzz on the Internet and has popped up in small movie houses around Japan.

"NEET Senkyo" is the project of scriptwriter and director Kiminari Suzuki, 40, who lives in Niigata's Higashi Ward.

The 2-hour-and-25-minute film incorporates some of Suzuki's real-life experiences. Suzuki says he hopes that "NEET Senkyo" will help drive home the important role that young people can play in politics and that they can be an effective agent for change.

The film derives its title from the acronym NEET, which is a young person who is "Not in Education, Employment or Training."

【人生初の婚活イベント潜入】新潟県「あなたの婚活」応援プロジェクト モチツもたれつ笹だんごづくり体験＠信濃川を眺める田中屋みなと工房

何か突然思う所があり、人生初の婚活イベントというものに参加してみようと思ったのであります。手遅れ感がありますが、、、

でも飲み会でウェーイ！みたいなのは嫌なんだよなーとか思ってたら
「草食系男女でササダンゴづくり」
みたいなのがあり、これならいっかと思い参加したのであります。

新潟歴も浅く、そんなのやったことないから良い経験になるしと思って。