[HONKI NO SHIRUSHI: GEKIJÔBAN] [本気のしるし]
After a floundering toy salesman rescues a beguiling woman whose car was stuck on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures that turn his life upside down. While his once humdrum routine was already complicated by two female co-workers, he soon finds himself entrenched with gangsters, strange interlopers, kidnapping and other sundry crimes and misdemeanors. Singular auteur Kôji Fukada (A GIRL MISSING) marks his first time adapting someone else's work to the screen by bringing this popular manga to life, replete with his patently idiosyncratic and lively take on human nature, fatalism and true love. Official Selection, 2020 Cannes, Taipei Golden Horse and Tokyo film festivals.
- Year2020
- Runtime232 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountryJapan
- RatingNOT RATED
- NoteWith English subtitles.
- DirectorKôji Fukada
- ScreenwriterKôji Fukada, Shintaro Mitani, from the comic by Mochiru Hoshisato
- ProducerYoko Abe, Yu Kato, Tatsuya Matsuoka, Kota Takahashi
- CastWin Morisaki, Kaho Tsuchimura, Yukiya Kitamura
[HONKI NO SHIRUSHI: GEKIJÔBAN] [本気のしるし]
After a floundering toy salesman rescues a beguiling woman whose car was stuck on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures that turn his life upside down. While his once humdrum routine was already complicated by two female co-workers, he soon finds himself entrenched with gangsters, strange interlopers, kidnapping and other sundry crimes and misdemeanors. Singular auteur Kôji Fukada (A GIRL MISSING) marks his first time adapting someone else's work to the screen by bringing this popular manga to life, replete with his patently idiosyncratic and lively take on human nature, fatalism and true love. Official Selection, 2020 Cannes, Taipei Golden Horse and Tokyo film festivals.
- Year2020
- Runtime232 minutes
- LanguageJapanese
- CountryJapan
- RatingNOT RATED
- NoteWith English subtitles.
- DirectorKôji Fukada
- ScreenwriterKôji Fukada, Shintaro Mitani, from the comic by Mochiru Hoshisato
- ProducerYoko Abe, Yu Kato, Tatsuya Matsuoka, Kota Takahashi
- CastWin Morisaki, Kaho Tsuchimura, Yukiya Kitamura