The Pinkie (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, The Pinkie is an action, comedy, drama and crime film directed by Lisa Takeba, running about 65 minutes.

What it’s about. Since they were both five, Ryosuke has been stalked by Momoko - the ugliest girl in the village. Her love for Ryosuke is so boundless that she has her face surgically altered to suit his taste - but still he wants nothing to do with her. Ryosuke goes in for fleeting romance - for example, with the girlfriend of a gangster boss. But when he finds out about their affair, he has Ryosuke's little finger hacked off. Magically, the finger falls into Momoko's hands, and she uses it to clone Ryosuke, so she can finally have him (or almost him) for herself. And this is just the first five minutes of Lisa Takeba's short-but-powerful feature debut. Just like in her previous short films, the director - who cut her teeth in the advertising world and as the writer of a video game - throws a lot of genres and techniques into the mix: from science fiction to gangster films, from hospital eroticism to animation. Hectic and absurd, but with its heart in the right place. © IFFR

Who’s in it. The Pinkie stars Ryota Ozawa as Ryosuke, Miwako Wagatsuma as Momoko, Haruka Suenaga as Manami and Kanji Tsuda as Sasakami, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.8/10, The Pinkie has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. In US you can rent or buy it from Google Play Movies and YouTube. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Pinkie page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Pinkie tend to enjoy The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Inception and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.