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Unrated Runtime: 2hr 4min Written & Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Stars: Masaki Suda, Kotone Furukawa and Daiken Okudaira Premiered at Venice International Film Festival August 30, 2024 Released in US (limited) July 18, 2025 RT: 93% critics / 61% audience Currently streaming on Criterion or available to rent Synopsis Yoshii lives in Tokyo and resells goods on the internet as a side hustle while working in a factory. When Yoshii takes his reselling gig to the next level and quits his day job, he and his girlfriend leave the city for a house in the country. There it seems that Yoshii is being targeted by an unknown assailant. But with a profession that traffics in pissing a lot of people off, which of his enemies has it out for him? Join us again in two weeks when we will be reviewing the quarterly release from Oz Perkins, Keeper, opening in theaters November 14. Theme music: "Secret of Tiki Island" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/