Youngsters find work as part-time festival street vendors and flourish in work, friendship and love.
Acting
Raw, unpolished performances from young cast who feel genuinely alive.
Production
Gritty festival locations that reek of cheap yakitori and summer sweat.
Director
Shinsuke Inoue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Shinsuke Inoue vanished from features after this; some critics call it his accidental swan song to a generation.
The festival vendor gig was a real economic phenomenon for 'freeters'—precarious youth workers who defined Japan's lost decade before the term even existed.
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