Film
The Chicken
2020 · 14m · Drama
- IMDb
- 6.9
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Overview
On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
Cast
Junshin Soga
Hiro
Taiju Nakane
Kei
Sandra Maren Schneider
Anna
Alan Chen
CJ
Jordan Rodriguez
First Cop
Florian Koenigsberger
Second Cop
Kenta Koga
Barista
Nuuria Berg
Cafe Patron
Daniel Witkin
Cafe Patron
Karin Elgai
Cafe Patron
Charlie Gillette
Cafe Patron
Geoff Lee
Q
Arianna Geneson
First EMT
Elvin McRae
Second EMT
Crew
- Neo SoraDirector · Screenplay
- Albert TholenEditor · Producer
- Jane JiProducer
- João Pereira-WebberProducer
- Aiko MasubuchiProducer
- Kenta KogaProducer
- Jackson SegarsProducer
- Bill KirsteinDirector of Photography
- Daniel WitkinEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 8, 2020
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 14m
- Genres
- Drama
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