Off-Balance

Off-Balance — Plot

13-year old Chiaki Matsumoto enters middle school with two rules for herself: 1. Always stay cool and 2. Don’t make friends. Having suffered bullying in elementary school, Chiaki chooses a path of isolation, building emotional walls and deciding to live a tough, solitary life. One day, by chance, she meets Kiki, a flamboyant and mysterious individual who transcends age and gender. As Chiaki begins to interact with Kiki, she slowly opens her heart, learning to trust again.

• Release date
• January 1, 2000
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Director
• Shin Togashi

Off-Balance — Cast

Megumi Hatachiya Chiaki Fumiyo Kohinata Kiku-chan

Y

Yu Hatano Mizue Shuji Kashiwabara Heath

T

Tomato Akai Yuri-chan Kumiko Tsuchiya Homeroom Teacher Ryushi Mizukami Video Store Guy Masayo Umezawa Mizue's Mother