Kingyo

Kingyo

25 mins | Drama | Dec. 3, 2009

A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the streets of modern Tokyo, the man and the young woman gradually speak of a past they both share, and ultimately a painful love triangle that continues to haunt them. A poetic rumination in love, memories and loss told almost entirely with split screens.

Kingyo

25 mins | Drama | Dec. 3, 2009

Kingyo
A university professor decides to go for a tour in Akihabara, guided by a young woman dressed up like a French maid. As they both walk through the streets of modern Tokyo, the man and the young woman gradually speak of a past they both share, and ultimately a painful love triangle that continues to haunt them. A poetic rumination in love, memories and loss told almost entirely with split screens.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Ando Laboratory
Original title Kingyo
Directors Shinsuke Kawahara, Lia Yamada, Edmund Yeo
Writers Edmund Yeo, Yasunari Kawabata

Cast

Luchino Fujisaki

as Young Woman

Takao Kawaguchi

as The Professor

Qyoko Kudo

as Kyoko (as Amane Kudo)