A young woman's life is turned upside down when her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind numerous debts and his illegitimate child. Desperate to track down her missing husband, she travels to Kyushu in hopes of finding clues to his whereabouts and in the process discovers disturbing secrets about the man she loves.
Acting
Yoshinaga's balancing act of rage, grief, and gallows humor.
Cinematography
Kyushu landscapes as emotional mirror—vast, unforgiving, oddly beautiful.
Writing
Tone whiplash that shouldn't work but absolutely does.
Director
Masanobu Deme
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Japan's bubble economy, the film's focus on debt and precarious labor hit different then—now it feels eerily prescient.
Sayuri Yoshinaga reportedly insisted on doing her own driving stunts, terrifying the crew on Kyushu's coastal roads.
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