The Ear Cleaner (2012)
A drama that presents a lively depiction of a woman plagued with unexplainable hearing problems who begins to look at herself in a new light when she starts working at an ear-cleaning parlor. Using ears as a motif, director Horiuchi Hiroshi delicately evokes emotional changes within young people. As the result of a disaster, Ena (Sakuragi Rina) ends up breaking up with her lover and even suffers the cancelation of a promise of work. As she begins to be troubled from ongoing hearing loss of unknown cause, she finds a job at an ear-cleaning parlor through an old friend. Then one day Ena is reunited with Yoshinobu (Nakata Akira), who is drawn to her beautiful ears.
Director: Hiroshi Horiuchi
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Rina Sakuragi as Ena Mitsuta |
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Sow Hirosawa as Ai |
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Akatsuki Nakata as |
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Akira Nakata as Yoshinobu Kawamura |
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Shinji Kasahara as |
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Sawa Masaki as |
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Shohei Uno as |
| Directing | Hiroshi Horiuchi | Director |
| Writing | Hiroshi Horiuchi | Writer |
| Editing | Hiroshi Horiuchi | Editor |
| Camera | Hisaki Sanbongi | Director of Photography |