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Off-Balance (2000)
Directed by Shin Togashi
Overview
13-year old Chiaki Matsumoto enters middle school with two rules for herself: 1. Always stay cool and 2. Don’t make friends. Having suffered bullying in elementary school, Chiaki chooses a path of isolation, building emotional walls and deciding to live a tough, solitary life. One day, by chance, she meets Kiki, a flamboyant and mysterious individual who transcends age and gender. As Chiaki begins to interact with Kiki, she slowly opens her heart, learning to trust again.
Length 95 minutes
Actors
Megumi Hatachiya | Fumiyo Kohinata | Yu Hatano | Shûji Kashiwabara | Tomato Akai | Kumiko Tsuchiya | Ryûshi Mizukami | Masayo Umezawa | Noriko Hayami | Yûichi Haba | Mieko Harada | Ayano Okuda | Yuki Itoh