'stone gate') is a 2022 Japanese independent drama film written and directed by Huang Ji and Ryuji Otsuka.

She is forced to scrape by through odd jobs in China's unreliable gig economy, including modeling cheap clothing and jewelry.

While Lynn appears at ease with her local setting, Zhang has larger ambitions to leave altogether and move to the United Kingdom.

Lynn is simultaneously forced to send what little money she has left to her parents, who live back in her hometown, to help them with their mounting debt.

Lynn then decides to pause her studies in Changsha and leave her boyfriend, returning home to live in her parents' cramped apartment.

Lynn conceives a plan to give birth and sell the baby to the young woman who suffered a miscarriage in exchange for dropping her malpractice suit and clearing up her mother's debt.

[8] At the time of production, Honggui had moved from her home in rural Hunan to study at a university in the provincial capital, Changsha.

Their research focused on the students' lifestyle, including their spending habits, financial security and their part-time work situation.

[5] Huang and Otsuka wanted to examine contemporary social phenomena in urban China, including the increasing gig economy and grey markets, with a spotlight on influencer culture on platforms such as TikTok and viral news stories about egg donation and surrogacy.

[9] Huang has explained that their motivation with Stonewalling was to bring attention to "the plight of young women who have not been blessed with a good education" and "their struggles in finding their place in a rapidly changing society.

[5] Stonewalling was selected to be screened in the Giornate degli Autori section at the 79th Venice International Film Festival,[11] where it had its world premiere on 1 September 2022.