A UFO-obsessed woman crashes into two salarymen's lives and nobody's ready.
The life of a urban planning official and that of an old fellow student, now project developer, are turned upside down by a chance encounter with a beauty obsessed by UFOs.
Acting
Chikako Aoyama's unhinged sincerity as the UFO true believer.
Direction
Nagasaki balances mundane office hell with cosmic delusion perfectly.
Director
Shunichi Nagasaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shinya Tsukamoto — yes, THAT Tsukamoto, the Tetsuo: The Iron Man guy — plays the straight-laced urban planner here. Wild range.
Released during Japan's 'Lost Decade,' the film satirizes salaryman desperation through cosmic escapism — very on-the-nose for 1996.
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