Synopsis
The winds of change blow as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it's simply the beginning of a series of shattering incidents, leading to the implosion of the family unit.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic80/100
294 audience votes
Key crew
- Kiyoshi KurosawaDirector
- Max MannixWriter
- Sachiko TanakaWriter
- Kiyoshi KurosawaWriter
- Kazumasa HashimotoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Teruyuki KagawaRyuhei Sasaki
- Kyoko KoizumiMegumi Sasaki
- Kai InowakiKenji Sasaki
- Yu KoyanagiTakashi Sasaki
- Haruka IgawaKaneko
- Kanji TsudaKurosu
- Kazuya KojimaMr. Kobayashi
- Koji YakushoRobber
- Takashi KodamaCast
- Hajime InoueCast
- Tao TsuchiyaMika
- DendenJanitor
Stills
Themes
piano lessonsmiddle classfamily relationshipstokyo, japanloss of joblosing a job