Same Old, Same Old

Same Old, Same Old

142 mins | Comedy, Family, Mystery | Oct. 27, 2016

Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.

Same Old, Same Old

142 mins | Comedy, Family, Mystery | Oct. 27, 2016

Same Old, Same Old
Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesn’t go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriend's suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the self-declared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.
Producers ENBU Seminar
Original title 退屈な日々にさようならを
Directors Rikiya Imaizumi
Writers Rikiya Imaizumi

Cast

Taro Uchibori

as Taro Imaizumi / Yoshito Yamashita

Marika Matsumoto

as Aoba Harada

Masaru Yahagi

as Yuichi Kajiwara

Yui Murata

as Sachiko Tada

Ririka

as