Closing Time (1996)
A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.
Director:
Masahiro Kobayashi
Writer:
Masahiro Kobayashi
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Sanshō Shinsui as Man |
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Takeo Nakahara as Master |
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Kazuki Kitamura as Kubo |
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Mari Natsuki as |
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Ako Jissoji as |
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Yûko Ishiwa as |
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Bengal as |
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Sei Hiraizumi as |
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Ryota Nakanishi as |
| Directing | Masahiro Kobayashi | Director |
| Editing | Naoki Kaneko | Editor |
| Crew | Masahiro Nishikubo | Cinematography |
| Sound | Akihiko Suzuki | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Junpei Sakuma | Music |
| Writing | Masahiro Kobayashi | Screenplay |