Mika works as a nurse by day; by night she entertains covetous men at a girls' bar. Shinji is blind in one eye and ekes out a living as a construction worker. Young and grown-up at the same time, they both lead a lonely existence, but somehow their paths keep miraculously crossing under the Tokyo sky.
Cinematography
Tokyo shot like a living, breathing third character
Acting
Ishibashi's restrained performance says everything in silence
Direction
Ishii finds beauty in construction sites and convenience stores
Director
Yuya Ishii
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title comes from a poem by Tahi Saihate, which appears in the film — director Yuya Ishii discovered it while researching Tokyo's working class.
The film captures a specific post-2011 Japan: economic anxiety, unstable labor, and young people disconnected from traditional social structures. The construction boom references Tokyo's real pre-Olympics transformation.
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