Sukezo, a former manga comic artist, takes up the art rock business by setting up a shop in a shed by the river. He tries hard to be successful, but business does not go well and the family becomes progressively poorer.
Acting
Takenaka's committed physical comedy of a man refusing to fail.
Production
The actual riverside shed location—no set designer could fake this desperation.
Writing
Dialogue that makes secondhand embarrassment an art form.
Director
Naoto Takenaka
Naoto Takenaka
Sukezo Sukegawa
Jun Fubuki
Momoko Sukegawa
Miyako Yamaguchi
Tatsuko Ishiyama
Hiroshi Kanbe
Karuishi Yamakawa
Tomokazu Miura
Man with sunglasses
Yoshio Harada
Homeless
Ren Osugi
Kurahara
Yoshiko Kuga
Lady who walks
Tatsumi Kumashiro
Birdman
Fujio Suga
Man who walks
Seikō Itō
Editor
Akiko Nomura
Woman at Inn
Kōjirō Kusanagi
Police
Yoji Tanaka
Bar patron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's bubble burst, it satirizes the 'artisan entrepreneur' myth that crushed a generation.
Takenaka was primarily known as a comedian; this was his scathing directorial debut about his own father's failures.
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