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Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlor. She encounters an unusual old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets who is suspected of working for a crime syndicate.

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Audience Member Who would dare to blame the guy? Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/11/23 Full Review Audience Member An easy-going male student working part-time in a mah-jong parlor comes upon a disabled girl living with her grandmother. He starts visiting her out of sympathy and due her good cooking but soon develops feelings for her.Things don't end up as expected though in this movie full of sympathetic characters. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member a useless playboy meets a handicapped hikimori Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member "ëì? ê°?ìë´?, ë­?ê° ë³´ì-¬?""ê·¸ë¥ ê¹ê¹ í~기ë§í´.""거기ì-? ì~>ë,ì-? ë,´ê° ì,´ë?~ ê³³ì?´ì 1/4.""ì-´ë"~ë?°?""ê¹ê³ ê¹ì? ë°"ë<·ì?,ë, 거기ì í-¤ì-ì²~ ë,~ì(TM)"ì-´.""ì(TM)?" "ëì(TM) ì¸ì?ì-?ì ê°ì¥ ì 1/4í ì¹ì¤ë¥ 1/4 í~ë¤ê³.""ê·¸ë¬êµ¬ë,~. ì¡°ìë" í´ìì-?ì ì,´ì~구ë,~.""ê·¸ ê³³ì? ë¹>ë? ì리ë? ì-ê³ ë°"ëë? ìë¶ê³ ë¹ë? ìì(TM).""ì(TM)¸ë¡ì>ê²ë<¤.""ë³ë¡ ì(TM)¸ë¡­ì§ë? ìì. ì²~ì?ë¶í° ì무ê²ë? ì-ì-ì 1/4ë<ê¹.. ê·¸ë¥ ì²ì²í ì²ì²í ì<ê°ì?´ í??ë¥ 1/4ë¿?ì?´ì§. ë, ë'? ë² ë<¤ì< ê±°ê¸°ë¡ ë?ìê°ì§ 못íêº 1/4ì 1/4. ì-¸ìê° ë<ê° ì,¬ë? 1/4ì§ê³ ë,~ë (C)´ ë, 길 ìì? ì¡°ê° ê»?ì§ì²~ë 1/4 í~ 1/4ì? ê¹ì? í´ìì-?ì ë?°êµ´ë?°êµ´ êµ´ë¬ë<¤ë<ê²ì§. ê·¸ê²ë? ê·¸ë°ëë¡ ë,~ì?~ì§ ìì..." Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Another 00's Japanese film that I can recommend with confidence. Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member i think this review speaks best but its definitely 5 stars for me, one of the best films i have or will ever see."he first 80 minutes are as close to perfect as it gets. The relationship's growth is completely organic and convincing, it's funny, touching, and relatable. But there's no doubt that after the last third of the movie is significantly different in tone, and it easily felt as long as the rest. The little details that the earlier section delighted in are mostly glossed over, and the progression of the relationship is painted with rather broad strokes. Most of all, I found the subplot with the first girlfriend at this point rather strange and out of left field. It didn't fit with what we knew about her character beforehand, and we were given no clues that her feelings were so intense. I will admit that I shed a few tears at the ending, but overall I can't help but feel disappointed by this, given how fantastic it is until that last half hour. But I've still rated this 4 stars, so obviously it's quite an excellent movie. I haven't seen anyone lodge the same complaints as I have, so maybe it's just me. And, I always feel the need to point out...if you don't like this style, you won't like this movie. Nothing revolutionary here. But you probably knew that the second you read the description. 15 minutes later, I thought of what I was trying to get at here. Joze herself is fully human through the beginning parts of the film. But after that shift I was talking about, she becomes a caricature. We hear nothing of her cooking or her knowledge, nor really anything else about her other than, "I haven't seen X before." This could very well be intentional, but it makes for less satisfying segments...Joze feels like less of a person after the relationship begins and all of those little things are tossed aside." Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Isshin Inudô Director Satoshi Tsumabuki Tsuneo Chizuru Ikewaki Joze Juri Ueno Kanae Hirofumi Arai Koji YosiYosi Arakawa Bookstore Clerk
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Synopsis Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlor. She encounters an unusual old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets who is suspected of working for a crime syndicate.

Director
Isshin Inudô

Producer
Osamu Kubota, Shinji Ogawa

Screenwriter
Aya Watanabe

Production Co
Asmik Ace, Inc.

Genre
Drama, Romance

Original Language
Japanese

Runtime
1h 56m
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