Tsutomu meets Kee outside a Pachinko hall. The two strike up an unlikely friendship.
Direction
Yamashita's deadpan patience rewards the attentive.
Acting
Hiroshi Yamamoto's sleepy charisma carries every frame.
Director
Nobuhiro Yamashita
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'slacker film' wave in 1990s Japanese indie cinema, reacting against bubble-era productivity obsession. Yamashita was 26 shooting this.
Hiroshi Yamamoto was primarily a musician; this role launched his unexpected acting career. His band, Seagull Screaming Kiss Her Kiss Her, appears on the soundtrack.
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