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Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected

Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu

Japan

2005

90 Min
Color
Japanese
  • Currently 3.3/5 Stars.
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DIR Satoshi Miki

EXEC Naoki Hashimoto

PROD Akiko Sasaki

SCR Satoshi Miki

CAST Juri Ueno, Yû Aoi, Ryô Iwamatsu, Eri Fuse, Jun Kaname, Masatô Ibu, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Yutaka Matsushige, Yoichi Nukumizu

Synopsis

Suzume Katagura is an ordinary housewife.Her husband has been sent overseas on business, and although he phones her regularly, he is more concerned with the health and welfare of his pet turtle. The days pass by monotonously… It is as though no one pays her any attention – even her husband. “Does anyone notice me? Will I just get old, and die?” These thoughts scare Suzume… The ordinariness of her life is interrupted one day when she spots a flier in the stairwell advertising for spies! Intrigued, Suzume phones the number. Three days later, Suzume is instructed to go to a run down apartment. She is greeted by a man and a woman – he is unemployed; she is a shopping mall announcer. They claim to be spies working for a foreign state. Just like Suzume, they are ordinary people with ordinary lives. The couple persuades Suzume to become a spy too. They virtually force the 5 million yen first mission fee on to Suzume, and so begins her life as a spy! —AsianMediaWiki

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Curt Milner

30Sep11

Lovely and quirky film from Miki Satoshi, funny, bizarre and full of intriguing characters.

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roujin

28Mar11

the relaxed non-sequitur.

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