Tadon and Chikuwa
1998 · 102 min · ★ 8.0 · Drama
A film based on two short stories by Shiina Makoto. Tadon is the story of a cab-driver who spends his days listening to his passengers' conversations. Chikuwa is about a writer who faces a creativity bottleneck.
Directed by Jun Ichikawa · Written by Masaru Nakamura
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