A classmate from Ushijima's middle school days, Takemoto, shows up. He was a kind man, but now is jobless and without a home. Adrift and unable to borrow money from Ushijima, Takemoto heads for Seiai Home where he can stay while doing work.
Acting
Yamada's Ushijima — terrifying, pathetic, weirdly magnetic.
Writing
Seiai Home's predatory 'work therapy' hits too real.
Direction
Yamaguchi balances manga absurdity with social horror.
Director
Masatoshi Yamaguchi
Takayuki Yamada
Kaoru Ushijima
Go Ayano
Inui
Hiromi Sakimoto
Takada
Kyosuke Yabe
Ezaki
Moga Mogami
Mone
Maryjun Takahashi
Akane Saihara
Makita Sports
Murai
Kento Nagayama
Takemoto
Taiga Nakano
Komoto
Masanobu Ando
Hajime Gakuto
YOUNG DAIS
Jiro Gakuto
Shotaro Mamiya
Sanzo Gakuto
Tina Tamashiro
Akane Saihara
Jessica Kizaki
Moro Morooka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This capped a six-film, two-TV-series run — one of Japan's longest-running manga adaptations, with Yamada playing Ushijima for six straight years.
Seiai Home mirrors real 'workhouses' for homeless men in Japan, where labor exploitation hides behind charitable language — the film's most pointed social critique.
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