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Shell and Joint is a 2019 film directed by Isamu Hirabayashi and starring Mariko Tsutsui and Keisuke Horibe as co-workers in a Japanese capsule hotel. The film was screened at the 41st Moscow International Film Festival in April 2019. It had its North American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2020.
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- Mariko Tsutsui
- Isamu Hirabayashi
Shell and Joint is a fascinating puzzle film, both wryly humorous and deeply serious, which sets a new tone in Japanese cinema and opens up new possibilities for narrative cinema. It's the finest new Japanese film I've seen in months.
Shell and Joint: Directed by Isamu Hirabayashi. With Mariko Tsutsui, Keisuke Horibe, Kaori Takeshita, Kanako Higashi. Nitobe and Sakamoto are friends from childhood who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel.
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- Drama
- Isamu Hirabayashi
- 2020-01
Apr 22, 2019 · Overview. Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide.
Shell and Joint. 2019. Directed by Isamu Hirabayashi. Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide.
Sep 21, 2023 · Duration: 2 hours 34 minutes. Availability: Worldwide. Shell and Joint had the world's critics calling it "too radical," and enveloped audiences in a surreal laugh. Director Isamu Hirabayashi screened it as a short film at Cannes, Berlin, and Venice.
