A father bets everything on a football tryout — but can't even ask where the bathroom is.
Xiaowei took his son Yangyang to a football club tryout, hoping to secure a better future for him. However, having just arrived in Japan, he struggled with the language and was introverted, leading to clashes with other young players.
Acting
Tsuyoshi Abe's wordless fatherhood speaks volumes.
Direction
Zhang Yaoyuan turns 23 minutes into an entire life.
Director
Zhang Yaoyuan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zhang Yaoyuan explores the Chinese diaspora experience in Japan, a rarely depicted tension in contemporary Asian cinema.
The football tryout structure mirrors immigration itself: arbitrary rules, invisible gatekeepers, children as collateral.
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