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The Adventures of Infinita

Yu Shibuya

"The Adventures of Infinita" is an award winning play by Yu Shibuya, originally produced by theater company Bokuyoken in Tokyo. The filmed version of the play is currently touring film festivals worldwide.

- We are searching for theater producers and directors interested in producing this play overseas.
- You can find the logline and synopsis below.
- A six page treatment and an English version of the play is available upon request.
- A closed link of the filmed version with English subtitles is also available upon request.
- For more information, please feel free to contact:
yu.shibuya@me.com


TRAILER

LOGLINE

After receiving the news of her mother’s death, a fairytale author begins writing “The Adventures of Inifinita,” a story based on her childhood of abuse, which guides her to face what she survived and extend her hand toward healing.

SYNOPSIS

The story follows the protagonist Hazuki, a fiction writer whose cruel, cynical, and dark-humored fairytales for an adult audience have garnered her a solid fan base. Her style derives from her dark past as child abuse survivor, which inspires her newest story: The Adventures of Infinita. Infinita is born of a concoction made by the Witch, who uses her own blood and a curse to bring Infinita to life. Since the moment of her birth, she is inflicted with abuse by the Witch, and grows up enduring infinite pain and loneliness. The suffering is briefly alleviated when the Witch gives Infinita a goldfish to take care of, whom she names Poseidon. Infinita showers Poseidon with love, hoping that by caring for the goldfish, the Witch will come to love her too. But the Witch relishes watching Infinita suffer by her hand, and kills the goldfish, traumatizing Infinita. As Infinita drowns in misery, her tears magically bring forth the ghost of Poseidon, who urges her to run away from the Witch, and ensures that he will protect her from now on. Thus begins their adventure. Soon they come across villagers who are tormented by a bloodthirsty vampire and a tyrannical King. Infinita declares that she will help the villagers liberate themselves from both evil powers: “Leave it to Infinita!”

The scenes switch in and out between Hazuki’s life and the story of Infinita, whose adventure is ultimately about finding her strength and will to survive, a projection of Hazuki’s inner turmoil as she struggles with self-doubt, a desire to break free from her mother’s curse, and a fear that she harbors the same evils of her mother within her.

After a chaotic party hosted by her publisher, a break up with her domineering boyfriend, and a sudden marriage proposal from Makoto, the illustrator with whom Hazuki has worked on her past novels, she spirals into a mental breakdown, and attempts suicide. Her assistant finds her in the nick of time and she recovers in the hospital where she makes amends with the people around her. She opens up to Makoto about her fear of intimacy and struggle with self-hate, thinking it would dissuade him from pursuing a relationship with her, but he expresses a steadfast desire to be with her, knowing all her struggles. Finally, led by Infinita, the characters from her own story come back to give her the courage to take a step towards healing and love.

SCREENINGS & AWARDS

  • 10th Logcinema Theatre on Films
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    June 30, 2023
    Official Selection

  • EdiPlay International Film Festival
    France
    July 5, 2023
    🏆Best Drama Award

  • Luleå International Film Festival
    Sweden
    July 8, 2023
    Semifinalist

  • Swedish International Film Festival
    July 7, 2023
    🏆Best Stage Play Award Winner

  • Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
    Official Selection

  • Student Live Film Festival
    Paris, France
    September 15, 2023
    Official Selection

  • Rome Prisma Awards
    Rome, Italy
    August 6, 2023
    Nominated for Best Feature Film

  • Cinema of the World International Film Festival
    New Delhi, India
    September 16, 2023
    Honorable Mention

  • Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival
    Las Vegas, United States
    November 7, 2023
    Official Selection

  • Birsamunda International Film Awards
    India
    November 28, 2023
    🏆Best Actress
    🏆Best Stage Play

  • International World Film Awards
    Cambridge, United Kingdom
    January 5, 2024
    Official Selection

  • OUT OF THE CAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
    London, United Kingdom
    February 3, 2024
    Finalist

  • Great Message International Film Festival
    Mumbai, India
    February 28, 2024
    🏆Best Direction

  • Spain Film Connect
    Spain
    April 4, 2024
    Finalist

  • Chhatrapati SHIVAJI International Film Festival
    Pune, India
    April 28, 2024
    🏆Best Feature Film

About Yu Shibuya (Writer / Director)

Yu Shibuya is a director, screenwriter, and playwright based in Tokyo, Japan. He holds an MFA in creative writing poetry from Purdue University.
"Jitensha", an award-winning short film he wrote and coproduced, was an official selection at over 20 major film festivals globally, including the 66th Venice Film Festival.
Shibuya was nominated for the International Emmy Awards (Documentary Category) for story editing “WHO I AM Season 2 - Beatrice Vio".
In 2018, he wrote and produced an international feature film entitled "Cicada" which won grand prizes at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Guam International Film Festival, and the Pan Pacific Film Festival.
In 2020, he was selected as an NHK Sundance fellow for his original screenplay "An Argument for Beauty", which is currently being developed under a different title.
Shibuya runs a theater company called Bokuyoken where he produces his original plays.
He has published three books: two collections of monologues and a collection of his full-length plays. They are being translated for international release.


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