The Projects

The Projects — Plot

Whether it's someone mixing burnables and recyclables or noise from a neighbor's domestic spat, there's always something occupying the residents of a housing project in the suburbs of Osaka. However Hinako (Naomi Fujiyama) and Seiji (Ittoku Kishibe) couldn't care less. Having moved in just six months ago after the closure of their herbal medicine shop, the old couple is reluctantly putting their life back together. But when Seiji disappears, the apartment rumor mill churns: divorce, murder, dismemberment? As the story spins out of control, and a mysterious man with a parasol puts in a tall order of natural remedies, the truth turns out to be even more fantastic than gossip. Ranging from incisive comedy of errors to absurdist adventure to moving late life romance, "The Projects" is one of the biggest surprises of the year.

• Release date
• June 4, 2016
• Runtime
• 104 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Science Fiction
• Director
• Junji Sakamoto

The Projects — Cast

Naomi Fujiyama Hinako Yamashita Ittoku Kishibe Seiji Yamashita Michiyo Yasuda Kimiko Gyotoku Renji Ishibashi Shozo Gyotoku Takayuki Takuma Shota Yoshizumi Takumi Saitoh Shinjo Akaji Maro Gondo Mari Hamada