Chicken Heart

a HIROSHI SHIMIZU picture

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Title

Chicken Heart

Director

Hiroshi Shimizu

Producer

Masayuki Mori

Nationality

Japan

Year

2002

Duration

105'

Language

Japanese

Format

Dolby SR

Ratio

1.85

Original Title

Chicken Heart

Synopsis

Synopsis



Three down-and-out friends are long overdue in getting their lives together...


Twenty-something Iwano is the "Human Punching Bag." For two minutes at a reasonable price, stressed-out businessmen can take out their frustrations on the failed boxing champion. Struggling with other odd jobs, Iwano would like to do something with his life, but he just can't take the initiative. 

Thirty-something Maru sells hats in the failing family business. In a comic career move, he starts selling hairpieces by soliciting balding men on the street. Very superstitious, Maru is hoping his luck will change with the latest charms on the market.

Fifty-something Sada is a complete social drop-out. He's fixing up an old boat to fulfill his dream of sailing around the world. He doesn't reflect much on what life is all about, but there' more to him than meets the eye. A heartbreaking secret he can't even share with his best friends.

Spending their evenings at their favorite snack stand, trying to pick up girls and falling into one nutty situation after another... It just might be time for these three heartwarming non-conformists to settle down.

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Press

"Draws laughs with a puckish inventiveness and wit that proves refreshing."

SCREEN INTERNATIONAL

"Shimizu is more willing to let his cast wing it—with hilarious results….The concluding moral: Everything changes, but the spirit, nutty or otherwise, endures. A Buddhist thought, perhaps, but one that, in Shimizu’s hands, translates into a universally appealing comedy."

JAPAN TIMES

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Cast & Crew

Hiroyuki Ikeuchi
Kiyoshiro Imawano
Suzuki Matsuo
Nobuyoshi Araki
Director Hiroshi Shimizu
Producer Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida
Cinematography Hiroshi Takase
Art Direction Takayuki Nitta
Editing Tomoh Sanjo
Sound Masayuki Iwakura
Music Keiichi Suzuki