Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.
Direction
Yaguchi turns public spaces into involuntary Broadway numbers.
Acting
Miyoshi's deadpan suffering while nailing choreography is *chef's kiss*.
Editing
Seamless cuts between horror and hilarity in every musical outbreak.
Director
Shinobu Yaguchi
Ayaka Miyoshi
Shizuka Suzuki
Yuu Yashiro
Chie Saito
Chay
Yoko Yamamoto
Takahiro Miura
Ryosuke Murakami
Tsuyoshi Muro
Yoshio Watanabe
Akira Takarada
Machin Ueda
Daikichi Sugawara
Restaurant Manager
Miyabi Matsuura
Miki Yoshida
Matsumoto Kiyo
Yuko Ogawa
Nikumaro
Debt Collector
Mei Kurokawa
Shizuka's Sister
Ryosuke Otani
Shizuka's Father
Kumi Nakamura
Shizuka's Mother
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'OL' (office lady) archetype gets completely dismantled here — usually portrayed as passive, Shizuka literally cannot stop moving.
The amusement park scenes were filmed at an actual closing-down carnival; that melancholy energy is real. Also: Ayaka Miyoshi trained for months and performed almost all choreography live on set.
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