A dying genie's last wish is to play matchmaker for a sad retail worker. Chaos ensues.
A young department store worker discovers a magical lantern which contains the spirit of Tsuboi, a genie who has just one last chance to help someone on Earth.
Acting
Naoto Takenaka's genie walks the tightrope between pathetic and profound.
Direction
Kaneko treats magical realism with the same gravity as paperwork.
Costume
The department store uniforms deserve their own character arc.
Director
Shusuke Kaneko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kaneko made this between his Gamera trilogy and Death Note films, basically proving he could do literally anything.
The film satirizes Japan's 2000s recession-era 'employment ice age' by having a literal spirit fail upward.
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