A marriage certificate arrives. The catch? You never said 'I do.'
When Mikio Natsuno obtains a residency certificate, he is stunned to find the name of a woman he has never met listed as his wife. Apparently, he has been "married" for six months without knowing it. Who on earth is the stranger who decided to become his wife? After a frantic search, Mikio finally discovers her—an eccentric young woman with a striking personality who simply says, "I thought I could keep myself together if I were at least married," offering no further explanation. And so, their uneven, unpredictable relationship slowly begins to take shape.
Acting
Issey Takahashi's magnificent slow-boil confusion.
Direction
Go Riju finds poetry in municipal offices.
Writing
Dialogue that says everything in the silences.
Director
Go Riju
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Go Riju specializes in 'marriage films' that interrogate Japanese social contracts—this continues his fascination with legal bonds substituting for emotional ones.
Kumi Kureshiro was cast after Riju saw her in a small theater production where she delivered a 20-minute monologue to a potted plant.
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