Summaries

A suicidal, obsessively compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to lie low in Thailand with a pot-smoking woman coping with the recent loss of her sister.

A mysterious, obsessive-compulsive, suicidal Japanese man living in Bangkok, Thailand, is thrown together with a Thai woman through a tragic chain of events. The woman is everything he is not. He is a neat freak who keeps his dishes washed and his books neatly stacked and categorized. She dresses like a slob, smokes pot and never picks anything up. It's a match that somehow works, though. Slowly and entertainingly, more is revealed about the Japanese man and why he's suicidal and living in Bangkok.—Wise Kwai

An obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian living in Bangkok spends most of his empty days contemplating suicide alone in his lifeless apartment. His life completely changes when he witnesses the death of Nid seconds before he was about to jump off a bridge. This pivotal event paired the lost Japanese with Nid's elder sister Noi as these two lost and lonely souls help each other find the meaning to their meaningless existences.—Ploy P.

Details

Keywords
  • fellatio
  • undressing
  • loneliness
  • alienation
  • melancholy
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Aug 7, 2003
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Netherlands Japan Thailand
Language English Japanese Thai
Filming locations Bangkok International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Production companies Cinemasia Bohemian Films Cathay Asia Films

Box office

Gross US & Canada $32014
Opening weekend US & Canada $5833
Gross worldwide $63095

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 52m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

Kenji (Tadanobu Asano) is compulsively neat, organized--and suicidal. He is Japanese, from Osaka, lives in Bagkok and works as a librarian. The film opens as he narrates his own suicide attempt. Said attempt is interrupted by the arrival of

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