This film is about a day spent dealing with menstruationand premenstrual syndrome (PMS). Hikari, an aspiringphotographer, feels miserable on the day of her firstmagazine shoot as the rainy weather and low airpressure aggravate her PMS. Aoi, the model for theswimsuit cover that Hikari is shooting, feels much thesame. The sudden onset of Aoi’s period creates chaos.Underlying the turmoil is the struggle to speak up andthe pressure to keep quiet. “Some things in the worldare treated as if they don’t exist. In Japan, periods andPMS were such things. One day, I read a comment byan American woman stating that rainy days during PMSwreaked havoc on her. Struck that people from differentcountries could feel such similar conflicts, I had thisidea”, says the producer. A multi-gender team gathered,with a female director, cinematographer and editor.Among the performers was a transgender man who lentrealism from his own menstrual experience. Our goalwas an intimate story woven from diverse experiences.The well-worn (and Japanese) approach of portrayingthese issues as barriers to be overcome or as strictlyfemale problems for which men are taken to task fortheir ignorance would have been wrong. Periods and PMSare part of life. With a clear awareness of the viewerswe wanted to address and help, we created a story thaturges change for a more considerate society.