Sleepless — -a Midsummer Night-s Dream-
🎬 FEATURE SPECIFICATIONS
Title: SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night's Dream-
Format: Limited Series (8 Episodes) / Feature Film (2h 15m)
Genre: Psychological Thriller / Dark Fantasy / Neo-Noir
Logline: In a dystopian city where sleep is a currency controlled by a corporate tyrant, two lovers on the run stumble into a forbidden zone—a forest where time loops, reality fractures, and a mischievous hacker collective known as "The Fae" wages war on the waking world.
, a private tutor who arrives at the secluded and mysterious Black Rose Manor in the woods. He has been hired to tutor , the youngest daughter of Mamiya Marie , the CEO of a powerful conglomerate. SLEEPLESS -A Midsummer Night-s Dream-
Key Characters
- Mikiya Kujou (Protagonist): A university student hired as a caretaker. He is seemingly ordinary but possesses a resilience that allows him to endure the bizarre events at the mansion.
- Arisa Kasuga: The eldest sister. She is elegant, cool-headed, and often projects an air of authority and coldness. She carries the heavy burden of the family’s legacy.
- Marina Kasuga: The second sister. She has a more frivolous and playful exterior, often acting seemingly airheaded or overly flirtatious to mask her own hidden depths and potential malice.
- Kasumi Kasuga: The youngest sister. She is quiet, fragile, and mysterious. She often seems to be at the center of the supernatural occurrences within the house.
The Temptation: He is immediately met by three beautiful women: the matriarch Marie, her daughter Maria, and the enigmatic maid Aira. Mikiya Kujou (Protagonist): A university student hired as
This title is a nukige (erotic visual novel) focused heavily on adult content and psychological descent. The Temptation : He is immediately met by
Tone: It is described as a dark, intoxicating "nightmare" featuring heavy themes of femdom, male submission, and psychological domination.
Key themes & motifs
- Fluid identity: dream vs. waking self; gender/role fluidity.
- Consent and power: enchantment as metaphor for coercion; ethical complexity.
- Reality as performance: layers of theatre-within-theatre; audience implicated.
- Night & insomnia: sleeplessness as site of revelation and paranoia.
- Language collision: Shakespearean verse fractured by contemporary speech and text messages/recordings.