Film

The Chatterboxes

2025 · 2h 23m · Comedy · Drama

In a town that seeks to attract minorities, the Koga family has lived for many years with a deaf father and brother. One day, a Kurdish family moves into the town, and a small misunderstanding leads to conflict between the two families. Called upon to mediate are Natsumi, the only hearing member of the Koga family, and Hiwa, the only one in the Kurdish family who speaks Japanese. As the two begin to develop feelings for each other, tensions between their families only deepen. Then one day, a doodle drawn by Shun, Natsumi’s younger brother, escalates the small clash into an issue that involves the entire town.

Itsuki Nagasawa

Natsumi Koga

Kazuyoshi Kezuka

Kazuhiko Koga

Hideaki Nasu

Eda

Akito Imai

Takeda

Shunya Itabashi

Okita

Karin Ono

Yamagiwa

Murat Çiçek

Rıfat

Fırat Yıldırım

Hiwa

Toshiki Hoshina

Ohki Fukuda

Shun Koga

Masaki Naito

Street Protester

• Ken KawaiDirector · Writer
• Kyōhei OtoguroWriter
• Haruka TakenamiWriter
• Eiji MukôyamaDirector of Photography
• Eri MakiharaCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

October 30, 2025

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

2h 23m

Genres

Comedy, Drama