The Washing Machine
Director Tetsuo Shinohara ("Moon and Cabbage") depicts the psychology of an aspiring manga artist who works part-time at a secondhand electrical appliance store, and his wavering between his dreams and reality, as well as his faint and subtle love story. Kizaki, who moved to Tokyo from the Kansai region to become a manga artist, is assigned to work at a used electrical appliance store where he works part-time as a store keeper and repairman. One day, a woman comes to the store drenched from the rain. She is Setsuko, the only daughter of the store's president and a returnee. Since then, Setsuko often comes to the store. Kizaki becomes concerned about Setsuko, but Setsuko has something to do with Oshi, a senior who used to work at the store...
