Russia / Apr 22, 2019 / Moscow International Film Festival
2h 34min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Shell and Joint |
| Original language | 日本語 (JA) |
| Spoken languages | suomi, 日本語 |
| Production countries | Japan |
| Status | Released |
| Official site | shellandjoint.com |
| Release date | 22 aprile 2019 |
| Production | Madoka Katsumata |
| Writer | Isamu Hirabayashi |
| Editing | Isamu Hirabayashi |
| Cinematography | Isamu Hirabayashi |
| Assistant directors | Isamu Hirabayashi |
| Camera operators | Isamu Hirabayashi |
| Additional photography | Isamu Hirabayashi |
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| Production design | Kenji Murakami |
| Art direction | Kenji Murakami |
| Set decoration | Kenji Murakami |
| Music | Takashi Watanabe, Keitaro Iijima |
| Sound | Takashi Watanabe, Keitaro Iijima |
| Costume design | Sayaka Takahashi |
| Makeup | Sayaka Takahashi |
| Hairstyling | Sayaka Takahashi |
Release dates
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