Tadashi Imamura is a burglar who idolises Ozaki, a star baseball player he shares a birthday with. One day he realises their connection is much deeper than that and decides to find out more.
Writing
Nakamura's puzzle-box plotting rewards patient viewers beautifully.
Acting
Gaku Hamada makes a burglar oddly rootable and weirdly relatable.
Director
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nakamura adapted this from Kotaro Isaka's short story; the 68-minute runtime was a deliberate constraint he requested.
The title 'Chips' refers to the shared snack memory that becomes the emotional anchor—Nakamura uses food as emotional shorthand throughout his work.
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