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Closing Time

Closing Time

1996 1h 21m

A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.

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TMDB score· 4 votes

Synopsis

A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.

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Masahiro KobayashiMasahiro KobayashiDirector

Cast

Sanshō ShinsuiSanshō ShinsuiMan
Takeo NakaharaTakeo NakaharaMaster
Kazuki KitamuraKazuki KitamuraKubo
Mari NatsukiMari Natsuki
Ako Jissoji
Yûko Ishiwa
BengalBengal
Sei HiraizumiSei Hiraizumi
Ryota NakanishiRyota Nakanishi

Director

Masahiro Kobayashi

Writer

Masahiro Kobayashi

Release date

1 Feb 1996

Runtime

1h 21m

Studio

Monkey Town Productions

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

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