Same Old, Same Old
5.9
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.
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Cast
22 people
Taro Uchibori
Taro Imaizumi / Yoshito Yamashita
Also in
Sounds of Winter
My Broken Mariko
Marika Matsumoto
Aoba Harada
Known for
Paradise Kiss
Reincarnation
Rikiya Imaizumi
Also in
Owatteru
I Catch a Terrible Cat
Asuka Nemoto
Koji Ichihashi
Masaru Yahagi
Yuichi Kajiwara
Also in
Godzilla Minus One
Happyend
Hiroshi Iwanaga
Kento Hikita
Kazuyoshi Hikita
Yui Murata
Sachiko Tada
Known for
Dead Sushi
Mutant Girls Squad
Tomohiko Kiyota
Kiyota
Also in
Howl's Moving Castle
Mitsuki Akiba
Also in
Girls' Encounter
Cinderella Again
Hachi Nekome
Also in
Me & My Brother’s Mistress
Rikiya Imaizumi Director · Hiroshi Iwanaga Cinematographer
First release October 27, 2016 · Produced in Japan · Original title 退屈な日々にさようならを
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Production
Japan
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Original title
退屈な日々にさようならを
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 27, 2016
Premiere · 第29回東京国際映画祭
Japan · November 19, 2016
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Japan
February 25, 2017 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 23, 2017 · Camera Japan Festival
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