The read
A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 57%. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
51 audience votes
Key crew
- Sang-il LeeDirector
- Sang-il LeeScreenplay
- Shuichi YoshidaScreenplay
- Joe HisaishiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Satoshi TsumabukiShimizu
- Eri FukatsuMitsuyo
- Masaki OkadaKeigo Masuo
- Hikari MitsushimaYoshino Ishibashi
- Sansei ShiomiKeiji Sano
- Mansaku IkeuchiNorio Kubo
- Ken MitsuishiNorio Yajima
- Kimiko YoYoriko Shimizu
- Hisashi IgawaKatsuji Shimizu
- Suzuki MatsuoTsutsumishita
- Kinuo YamadaTamayo Magome
- Hanae KanKiri Tanimoto
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Themes
based on novel or bookescapesuspicion of murdersuspicionmurderinnocent suspectsuspensehuman mystery
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