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2023

Sekai no okiku

Okiku and the World

せかいのおきく

(c)2023 FANTASIA

(c)2023 FANTASIA

Release Date
April, 28th, 2023
Running Time
90 min
Genre
Drama , Feature
Color
Monochrome
Screening Format
-

[ Directed by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

Tokyo Theatres, U-NEXT, Little More

[ Story ]

In the mid-19th century, Okiku, a young woman, lives in a tenement row house among ordinary people in the sprawling city of Edo – known as Tokyo today. Okiku lives with her father, Genbei, a former samurai, now reduced to a penniless ronin, whom she supports by teaching children to read and write in a temple school. Two Manure Men, Yasuke, and his newly recruited partner, Chuji, regularly visit Okiku's tenement to collect the human manure from the outhouse the tenants share. Okiku, a young woman in her prime, seems to take a special interest in Chuji. After days of rain prevent Yasuke and Chuji from making their rounds, the tenement outhouse overflows. Enraged by the stink and the disgusting state of the outhouse, the tenants complain to the landlord. Just as their protests grow hostile, Yasuke and Chuji arrive, and everyone begs them to "take all this shit away."

[ Official Site ]

http://sekainookiku.jp

[ Contact (International) ]

Free Stone Productions Co., Ltd.
International Sales

#214, The Share, 3-25-18 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001
Rep: TAKAMATSU Miyuki
Attn: NAGATA Fumiko, TAKAGI Yuko, Nakamura Momoko
tel: +81 90 2469 1182
fax: +81 3 6800 3106
E-mail: fsp-sales@freestone.jp
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