Haru works at a part-time job for a bookstore. Her dream is to become an illustrator and she also loves cats. One day, after a cat named Chibutomu disappears from the bookstore Haru canvasses the neighbourhood in search of Chibutomu.
Direction
Suzuki's deadpan surrealism sneaks up on you
Cinematography
Nighttime Tokyo as liminal dreamscape
Acting
Hoshino's hollow-eyed determination
Director
Takuji Suzuki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Takuji Suzuki is largely unknown outside Japan; this film barely exists on English-language internet.
The title's 'stalker' reads differently in Japanese—more 'pursuer' than threatening, capturing Haru's ambiguous fixation.
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