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Shell and Joint (2019)

2019-04-22 · 2h 34m · JA
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Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

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Isamu HirabayashiDirector

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Mariko TsutsuiMariko TsutsuiYoko SakamotoKeisuke HoribeKeisuke HoribeNitobeAiko SatoAiko SatoHiromi KitagawaHiromi KitagawaAtsuko SudoAtsuko SudoKoharu KusumiKoharu KusumiKanako HigashiKanako HigashiSakura SakuradaTatsuya GasyuinTatsuya GasyuinTakuya FujisakiTakuya FujisakiAyano KudoAyano KudoNaoto NojimaNaoto NojimaKen IshigaiKaria NomotoKaria Nomoto

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What is Shell and Joint about?

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

How long is Shell and Joint?

Shell and Joint has a runtime of 154 minutes.