Completed - JAPANESE - Comedy, LGBT, Drama - 95 minutes
At a home party, Haruko's fair arms catch the attention of the men, igniting the jealousy of her husband's boss'wife. For 90 uproarious minutes on the terrace, director Kenji Yamauchi( Her Father, My Lover) sheds social masks.
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Kenji YAMAUCHI Writer(s) : Kenji YAMAUCHI Cast : Kei ISHIBASHI, Kami HIRAIWA, Ryuta FURUYA, Kenji IWATANI, Hiroaki MOROOKA, Takashi OKABE, Jyun HASHIMOTO Producer(s) : Tamotsu OSANO (Geek Pictures), Shogo ISHINO (Geek Pictures), Nobuko NOGAMI
In a Tokyo suburb, a party is winding down at an ostentatious mansion surrounded by greenery. Those who remain begin to gather on a terrace.Haruko, a woman with pale white skin, and her graphic designer husband.The party’s hosts: a lascivious company director, and his cleavage-flaunting wife.A gaunt middle-aged man barely recovered from a serious illness, and an awkward company employee.The hosts’ likable son, who comes home late.All of the men are captivated by Haruko’s pale white arms, enflaming the jealousy of the company director’s wife. Literary anecdotes abound, as does petty bickering.The masks they have carefully crafted are suddenly torn away, exposing their tainted humanity. Desire, jealousy, and secrets are laid bare over 90 minutes on the terrace, culminating in a shocking and not exactly happy end.
Country(ies) : JAPAN
Tokyo - TiffCom 2016 (Splash)Udine FEFF 19 2017Nippon Connection 2017 (competition )