Closing Time

The read

A Balasaur Score of 58 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.9/10. It runs a compact 1h 21m.

Synopsis

A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.

Ratings

Key crew

• Masahiro KobayashiDirector
• Masahiro KobayashiScreenplay

Cast

• Sanshō ShinsuiMan
• Takeo NakaharaMaster
• Kazuki KitamuraKubo
• Mari NatsukiCast
• Ako JissojiCast
• Yûko IshiwaCast
• BengalCast
• Sei HiraizumiCast
• Ryota NakanishiCast