A free-spirited psychiatrist exudes a magnetic attraction for patients with out-of-the-ordinary neuroses and odd conditions brought about by stress.
Acting
Suzuki Matsuo's Ichirô is chaos incarnate in a lab coat.
Direction
Miki's deadpan surrealism that sneaks up on you.
Production
That sterile hospital aesthetic vs. fever-dream patients.
Director
Satoshi Miki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Suzuki Matsuo also wrote the screenplay, adapting Hideo Okuda's novel—he basically willed this unhinged doctor into existence.
Part of Japan's 2000s 'quirky indie' wave alongside Katsuhito Ishii; this is what happens when economic anxiety meets absurdist comedy.
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