Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken and discarded surfboard. The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion. Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend, he persists against all odds.
- surfing
- deaf
- reconciliation
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Susumu Terajima — Light Truck Man
- Katsuya Koiso — Soccer Boy
- Toshio Matsui — Soccer Boy's Friend
- Yasukazu Ishitani — Fellow Surfer
- Tsuyoshi Ohwada — Fellow Surfer
- Tatsuya Sugimoto — Fellow Surfer
- Kengakusha Akiyama — Fellow Surfer
- Naomi Kubota — Orange Woman
- Meijin Serizawa — Shigeru's Boss
- Tetsu Watanabe — Exercises Man
- Keiko Kagimoto — Surf Shop Clerk
- Directed
- Takeshi Kitano
- Written
- Takeshi Kitano
Production
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 · 230 ratings
- Studio
- Totsu, Office Kitano, TOHO
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
