A taxi driver walks into a barbershop and suddenly everyone's trapped in someone else's messy breakup.
A rookie taxi driver, who happened to walk into a barbershop in the downtown area, ends up telling a special boast story. It was a story about a driver who got caught up in a lovers' quarrel between a young woman he picked up on the job...
Acting
Bengal's nervous energy as the rookie driver.
Writing
Nested storytelling that keeps shifting perspective.
Director
Tadashi Tomioka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tadashi Tomioka directed several low-budget indie films in the early 2000s, often exploring working-class Tokyo life through confined spaces.
The film taps into the Japanese storytelling tradition of 'zakki' — casual, meandering tales shared in drinking spaces — but traps it in the sterile setting of a daytime barbershop.
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