Film

The Projects

2016 · 1h 44m · Comedy · Science Fiction

IMDb

6.6

Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care less. Having moved in just six months ago after the closure of their herbal medicine shop, the old couple is reluctantly putting their life back together. But when Seiji disappears, the apartment rumor mill churns: divorce, murder, dismemberment? As the story spins out of control, and a mysterious man with a parasol puts in a tall order of natural remedies, the truth turns out to be even more fantastic than gossip. Ranging from incisive comedy of errors to absurdist adventure to moving late life romance, "The Projects" is one of the biggest surprises of the year.

Naomi Fujiyama

Hinako Yamashita

Ittoku Kishibe

Seiji Yamashita

Michiyo Yasuda

Kimiko Gyotoku

Renji Ishibashi

Shozo Gyotoku

Takayuki Takuma

Shota Yoshizumi

Takumi Saitoh

Shinjo

Akaji Maro

Gondo

Mari Hamada

Mayu Harada

Hikaru Horiguchi

Hidetoshi Kawaya

Takuya Nakayama

Miyako Takeuchi

Yukari Taki

Satoshi Tomiura

• Junji SakamotoDirector · Screenplay
• Yumiko TakebeProducer
• Wakana KannoProducer
• Naoya KinoshitaExecutive Producer
• Ryo OtsukaDirector of Photography
• Goro YasukawaOriginal Music Composer
• Shinichi FushimaEditor

Release date

June 4, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 44m

Rated

G

Genres

Comedy, Science Fiction