Release Date

November, 4th, 2000

Running Time

86 min

Genre

Drama , Feature

Color

Color

Screening Format

35mm,DVD

Screen Size

-

Sound Processing

-

Screening Format with Subtitles

English French (35mm)

[ Directed by ]

• KOBAYASHI Masahiro

[ Produced by ]

• SASAKI Shiro
• KUNIZANE Mizue
• ONO Seiichi

[ Cast ]

• ISHIBASHI Ryo ── HAMASAKI Yuji
• OHTSUKA Nene ── HAMASAKI Kazuko
• OGATA Ken ── ICHIHARA

[ Staff ]

• KOBAYASHI Masahiro ── Screenplay
• SAKO Akira ── Cinematography
• SEYA Mitsuru ── Sound Recording
• KIMURA Masahiro ── Lighting
• KANEKO Naoki ── Editor

[ Production Company ]

ALL IN ENTERTAINMENT

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

ALL IN ENTERTAINMENT

[ Production Studio ]

Monkey Town Productions

[ Story ]

A drama humorously depicting a laid off salaryman regaining his vitality as a hit man. Written and directed by Kobayashi Masahiro, the film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight of the 53rd Cannes Film Festival.
Three months ago Hamasaki (Ishibashi Ryo) was laid off from his job, but he does not admit this to his wife, Kazuko (Ohtsuka Nene), and has continued to pretend he goes for work everyday. One day, Hamasaki is approached by a "scout" for hit men, Ichihara (OGATA Ken), and though bewildered takes up Ichihara's offer to kill.

[ Film Festivals, Awards ]

2000 Cannes Film Festival, Director's Fortnight
2000 Moscow International Film Festival, competition
2000 Festival du Film Belfort

[ Contact (International) ]

MONKEY TOWN PRODUCTIONS
Rep: KOBAYASHI Masahiro
Attn: KOBAYASHI Naoko
E-mail: sarumachi@monkeytownproductions.com
http://www.monkeytownproductions.com