1999    1h 33mScience Fiction, Drama
6.329%5.7
In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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  • Shinji TakedaHaru
  • Miako TadanoMichi
  • Hosaku YasuiSatake
  • Masamichi MatsumotoMurai
  • Kazushige InamiKenji / Assistant Director
  • Akiko OhkuAkiko
  • Shinji AoyamaFascist
  • Naoki YamamotoPost Office Delivery Clerk
  • Tarō SuwaDrunk Man on Bicycle / Man Being Attacked
  • Shirô Atami
  • Shingo Ichizawa
  • Yûichirô Izumi
  • Takeshi Ishizumi
  • Shunpei Kawaguchi
  • Taeko Kobayashi
  • Reiko Kondo
  • Yae Konishi
  • Shogo Motomiya
  • Yôko Muranushi
  • Miki NakataSound Recordist
  • sb2wfAugust 19, 2025
    The few dialogues make the movie even harder to understand. It failed to convey to the audience that a pandemic is happening. It is giving me the impression that the actors are just doing mundane tasks, unrelated to the plot.

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