A record shop loser picks up a bamboo sword to prove he's a man. Chaos ensues.
Record shop clerk and aspiring DJ Tsutomu searches for his masculinity when challenged to a kendo duel.
Direction
Ishimine's deadpan absurdism anticipates later indie comedy trends.
Acting
Ryo Kase's committed awkwardness as a man who peaked at birth.
Director
Hajime Ishimine
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Hajime Ishimine never made another feature, making this a true one-off curio of early 2000s Japanese indie cinema.
The film satirizes Japan's 'herbivore men' discourse years before it became mainstream media panic.
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