Zero nendai zenkei
Kumiko Hoshizaki’s “Akane Sasu Heya” is the story of Maki, a 20-something temp who is sick of her boring job and life in general. The rather bizarre solution she comes up with is to conceive a child behind her boyfriend’s back. Makoto Nagahisa offers the much more impressionistic “Frog.” The story meanders around a bunch of unrelated characters, using experimental techniques like repeated scenes, hallucinatory visuals, blurred shots and disconnected sounds. Lastly, we have “Bouquet Garni,” a much more conventional work from director Junpei Hatano. The plot is centered on a reporter, the relative of a kidnapping victim, and a woman who is obsessed with the case.
- Year: 2009
- Country: Japan
- Genre: Comedy
- Studio: Cornflakes
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- Director: Makoto Nagahisa, Kumiko Hoshizaki, Junpei Hatano
- Cast: Shoichi Honda, Yôko Hoshi, Jiro Kagoshima, Sanshirô Kobayashi, Takashi Kodama, Yasunori Kurakata
