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5.3 2h 34m

Shell and Joint

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

Top Cast

  • Mariko Tsutsui

    Mariko Tsutsui

    Yoko Sakamoto

  • Keisuke Horibe

    Keisuke Horibe

    Nitobe

  • Aiko Sato

    Aiko Sato

  • Hiromi Kitagawa

    Hiromi Kitagawa

  • Atsuko Sudo

    Atsuko Sudo

  • Koharu Kusumi

    Koharu Kusumi

  • Kanako Higashi

    Kanako Higashi

    Sakura Sakurada

  • Tatsuya Gasyuin

    Tatsuya Gasyuin

  • Takuya Fujisaki

    Takuya Fujisaki

Overview

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

Rating

5.3 / 10
6 Reviews
1 Popular

Recommendations

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6.7 2020