A couple falls in love again through strange encounters and awkward situations during a hot summer. Hajime sees his wife in the street wearing strange clothes. When asked, she says it wasn’t her. Hajime then installs cameras to monitor his wife and that’s just the start of his paranoia. His interactions with people become more twisted, leading him to question reality. Whimsical, odd and surreal, with great black-and-white cinematography.
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Cast
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Sho Mineo
Hajime Mogi
Also in
MAD CATS
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Mayu Ozawa
Mitsu Mogi
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Tomoki Kimura
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Maniac Driver
Shady Job Family
Hidetoshi Kawaya
Known for
Yu Yu Hakusho
Antiporno
Takuya Fuji
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Special Actors
The Voice of Water
Rei Sugai
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The Happy Prisoner
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Akira Fukunaga
Eiichi Takahashi Director · Hiromitsu Nishimura Cinematographer
First release September 21, 2023 · Produced in Japan · Original title ホゾを咬む
Production
Second Cocoon
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Japan
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Original title
ホゾを咬む
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Netherlands · September 21, 2023
Premiere · Camera Japan Festival
Japan · December 2, 2023
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No release date listed for United States.
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