A 32-year-old man chooses to be his mom's pet instead of growing up. Chaos ensues.
Ichiro is a 32-year-old man who has voluntarily become his mother's "pet," retreating from the flow of life suggested by society: university, career, marriage, parenting, home ownership. His quiet life at home (with an alcoholic father) is interrupted when the ex-boyfriend of Ichiro's mother and his "white idol" daughter move in. Under a cramped roof, the five search for happiness.
Acting
Tamura's deadpan pet energy is weirdly magnetic.
Direction
小松孝 finds poetry in cramped apartments and awkward silences.
Director
小松孝
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Part of Japan's 'hikikomori' and 'parasite single' cinema wave examining economic hopelessness and family dysfunction.
The 'white idol' daughter's presence critiques Japan's idol industry and the commodification of youthful innocence.
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