Amidst the swirl of Tokyo's seamy nightlife of designer drugs, casual sex, and American slang, Zhou turns 30. It's a spiritual crisis for this Chinese immigrant who quotes Confucius, this Lothario and con artist who fences stolen goods. He falls for Kyōko, a seemingly shy provincial woman looking for the man who jilted her sister. As their relationship plays out, Hanawa intercuts stories of Kazuo, a hyperkinetic artist who loves the trendy Yōko (Kazuo bores her, and she pursues the indifferent Zhou), and Ali, a Pakistani Muslim who, broke and forlorn, stands outside a convenience store, love-struck by a clerk because she looked into his eyes (she thought he was shop-lifting)
Writing | Yukinari Hanawa | Screenplay |
Writing | Xiu Jian | Screenplay |
Production | Isao Yukisada | Producer |
Camera | Yoshiko Ôsawa | Camera Operator |
Production | Hiroki Tanaka | Producer |
Directing | Yukinari Hanawa | Director |
Production | Shinpei Okuda | Producer |
Editing | Nobuko Tomita | Editor |
Art | Yuji Kasamura | Production Design |
Lighting | Naruyuki Ueda | Gaffer |