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Shell and Joint 2019 Directed by Isamu Hirabayashi

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Languages Finnish , Japanese
Gnere Drama
Release Date 22 April 2019
154 mins
Cast
Mariko Tsutsui
Mariko Tsutsui Yoko Sakamoto
Keisuke Horibe
Keisuke Horibe Nitobe
Aiko Sato
Aiko Sato
Hiromi Kitagawa
Hiromi Kitagawa
Atsuko Sudo
Atsuko Sudo
Koharu Kusumi
Koharu Kusumi
Kanako Higashi
Kanako Higashi Sakura Sakurada
Tatsuya Gasyuin
Tatsuya Gasyuin
Takuya Fujisaki
Takuya Fujisaki
Ayano Kudo
Ayano Kudo
Naoto Nojima
Naoto Nojima Ken Ishigai
Karia Nomoto
Karia Nomoto
Tomoki Kimura
Tomoki Kimura
Supika Yufune
Supika Yufune
Ruka Ishikawa
Ruka Ishikawa
Junpei Hashino
Junpei Hashino
Maki Nishiyama
Maki Nishiyama
Kaori Takeshita
Kaori Takeshita
Mizuho Misato
Mizuho Misato
Kohei Mashiba
Kohei Mashiba Cicadas Man
Hiroyuki Toritani
Hiroyuki Toritani
Mitsue Banzai
Mitsue Banzai
Crew
Director
Isamu Hirabayashi
Isamu Hirabayashi
Writer
Isamu Hirabayashi
Isamu Hirabayashi
Producer
Madoka Katsumata
Madoka Katsumata
Cinematography
Isamu Hirabayashi
Isamu Hirabayashi
Composer
Takashi Watanabe
Takashi Watanabe
Editor
Isamu Hirabayashi
Isamu Hirabayashi
Sound
Keitaro Iijima
Keitaro Iijima
Art Direction
Kenji Murakami
Kenji Murakami
Costume Design
Sayaka Takahashi
Sayaka Takahashi