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Same Old, Same Old (2016)

Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi

Overview

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.

Length 142 minutes

Actors

Marika Matsumoto | Yui Murata | Taro Uchibori | Masaru Yahagi | Ririka | Ayano Kaneko | Kiyota Tomohiko  | Chiharu Mimori | Ayaka Kawashima