The Projects

The Projects (2016)

ComedyScience Fiction

Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care less. Having moved in just six months ago after the closure of their herbal medicine shop, the old couple is reluctantly putting their life back together. But when Seiji disappears, the apartment rumor mill churns: divorce, murder, dismemberment? As the story spins out of control, and a mysterious man with a parasol puts in a tall order of natural remedies, the truth turns out to be even more fantastic than gossip. Ranging from incisive comedy of errors to absurdist adventure to moving late life romance, "The Projects" is one of the biggest surprises of the year.

Director: Junji Sakamoto
Writer: Junji Sakamoto

Casts

	Naomi Fujiyama as Hinako Yamashita
	Ittoku Kishibe as Seiji Yamashita
	Michiyo Yasuda as Kimiko Gyotoku
	Renji Ishibashi as Shozo Gyotoku
	Takayuki Takuma as Shota Yoshizumi
	Takumi Saitoh as Shinjo
	Akaji Maro as Gondo
	Mari Hamada as
	Mayu Harada as
	Hikaru Horiguchi as
	Hidetoshi Kawaya as
	Takuya Nakayama as
	Miyako Takeuchi as
	Yukari Taki as
	Satoshi Tomiura as

Crew