The Projects
6.3
Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care less. Having moved in just six months ago after the closure of their herbal medicine shop, the old couple is reluctantly putting their life back together. But when Seiji disappears, the apartment rumor mill churns: divorce, murder, dismemberment? As the story spins out of control, and a mysterious man with a parasol puts in a tall order of natural remedies, the truth turns out to be even more fantastic than gossip. Ranging from incisive comedy of errors to absurdist adventure to moving late life romance, "The Projects" is one of the biggest surprises of the year.
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Cast
22 people
Naomi Fujiyama
Hinako Yamashita
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Ittoku Kishibe
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Junji Sakamoto
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Ryô Ohtsuka
Michiyo Yasuda
Kimiko Gyotoku
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Zatoichi
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Naoya Kinoshita
Renji Ishibashi
Shozo Gyotoku
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Junji Sakamoto Director · Goro Yasukawa Composer Ryo Otsuka Cinematographer
First release June 4, 2016 · Produced in Japan · Original title 団地
Production
Kino Films
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Japan
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Original title
団地
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 4, 2016
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No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
February 24, 2018 · Premiere · Eiga-Sai Film Festival
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