A childless couple's quiet life cracks open like a dropped egg—messy, inevitable, and weirdly beautiful.
Cinema worker Eri and her husband Fumiya have decided not to have children. They live happily together, sharing their joys and sadnesses. However, an incident begins to silently bring about change in their placid lifestyle.
Acting
Takao's micro-expressions do more than dialogue ever could.
Direction
Saito lets silence eat whole scenes alive.
Sound
Ambient theatre noise becomes unbearable tension.
Director
Hisashi Saito
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 2013 'celibacy syndrome' panic, the film deliberately refuses to judge its childless couple.
Saito shot exclusively during actual cinema operating hours; background audiences are real unsuspecting patrons.
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