Ping-Pong Bath Station
Takkyű Onsen, feature film, 1998
DIRECTED BY: Gen Yamakawa
CAST:
Keiko Matsuzaka (Sonoko Fujiki),
Keizo Kanie (Sonokin suprug),
Yôsuke Kubozuka (Sonokin sin),
Riho Makise (Kanae),
Sô Yamanaka (Kohei)
SCRIPT:
Gen Yamakawa
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Tokusho Kikumura
Synopsis:
Sonoko is a housewife who wants more from her monotonous life and busy husband who neglects her. Since she has nobody else to turn to, she calls Kanae, host of a radio show. Kanae gives her impulsive advice to leave everything and go to a retreat, Takkyu. Sonoko listens to this unconventional advice and later in the retreat meets Kanae.
color, 35 mm, 110 min