A young man living on growing tomatoes in a greenhouse in a residential area. Tomato cultivation is as doomed as his personal life where he tries to keep alive his romance with the eccentric Kaede and parents selected fiancee Ayako.
Direction
Negishi's patient observation of small humiliations.
Acting
Nagashima's sweaty desperation in every frame.
Director
Kichitaro Negishi
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Mitsuo Wada
Johnny Ohkura
Hirotsugu Nakamori
Eri Ishida
Ayako Hanamori
Casey Takamine
Father of Mitsuo
Izumi Hara
Grandmother of Mitsuo
Yumiko Fujita
Chii
Keizo Kanie
Husband of Kaede
Akira Takahashi
Father of Ayako
Akemi Negishi
Mother of Hirotsugu
Eri Kanuma
Toshie Wada
Jun Etoh
Office worker
Leo Morimoto
Tetsuo Wada
Yudai Ishiyama
Rie Yokoyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 1980s Japanese 'junbungaku' movement adapting literary fiction with raw sexual frankness and urban malaise.
Nagashima reportedly actually learned greenhouse cultivation and developed a genuine tomato allergy during production.
JP
