Atsushi has a special talent. He works maintaining bridges and can hear whether a bridge is in order – he taps the bridge and listens. In everyday life, this talent is useless to him. He’s lonely and has been mourning the loss of his murdered wife for years.
The story of Atsushi is one of three about love or the lack thereof. Then there is the story of Toko, a mild-mannered housewife who is neglected by her husband and tested by her mother-in-law and one day falls for a beta transporter. And finally the tale, a gay love story, of the successful lawyer Takashi, who is less skilled and successful in love than in his work.
This first feature in a long while by the experienced filmmaker Hashiguchi Ryosuke (Tiger Awards Competition 1996) was made possible by the Shochiku television station, which encouraged him to write his own material and work with unknown actors.
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 140"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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