On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
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Junshin Soga
Hiro
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Kei
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Daniel Witkin
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First release August 5, 2020 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Japanese
Production
Zakkubalan
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Japanese
Release dates
Switzerland · August 5, 2020
Digital · Locarno Film Festival
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Switzerland
August 8, 2020 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
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