Keisuke Kuroda wakes up in a hospital bed unable to remember who he is. While sneaking out of the hospital, he sees a glimpse of the news and realizes that he is the Prime Minister of Japan. His approval rating was the lowest in the history of modern Japan. During a recent speech, a citizen had thrown a rock at him causing him to lose his memory. Keisuke Kuroda’s subordinate takes him to the official residence of the prime minister where he tries to implement changes to the country. The only people aware that he has lost his memory are his three secretaries.
Writing
Mitani's signature overlapping dialogue chaos
Acting
Nakai's blank-slate sincerity sells the absurd premise
Production
PM residence as character—claustrophobic grandeur
Director
Koki Mitani
Kiichi Nakai
Keisuke Kuroda
Dean Fujioka
Secretary Isaka
Yuriko Ishida
Satoko Kuroda
Masao Kusakari
Daigo Tsurumaru
Koichi Sato
Journalist Furugori
Eiko Koike
Nozomi Banba
Yuki Saito
Suga
Yoshino Kimura
Susan St. James Narikawa
Yoh Yoshida
Akane Yamanisi
Takahiro Fujimoto
Koga
Takaya Sakoda
Mansaku Nonomiya
Susumu Terajima
Minoru Nanjo
Yui Yagi
ROLLY
PM's Brother In Law
Steven LeFever
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kiichi Nakai played Kuroda's father in the 1996 film 'Shin Godzilla' precursor—director Mitani loves reusing him as everyman authority figures.
The rock-throwing incident mirrors real 1960s Japanese political violence, but Mitani deliberately defangs it—this is fantasy wish-fulfillment for a public exhausted by actual PM scandals.
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