DIRECTOR

Masaharu Take "100 Yen Love"

CAST

Kiichi Nakai "Railways"
Kuranosuke Sasaki "Samurai Hustle" franchise

CREW

Screenplay by Shin Adachi “100 Yen Love”, Masako Imai “Helen the BabyFox”

Film Festivals & Awards

Taipei Golden Horse FF 2018
Hawaii IFF 2018
Japan Cuts NY 2018
Asian FF of Dallas 2018

Duration/Release

105 min. / 2018 / Japan / Color / DCP / 5.1ch

Synopsis

A dowdy antique dealer Norio finds a valuable tea cup of the most famous Japanese tea master Sen no Rikyu from the 16th century when searching inside a storehouse of a rich family. Norio deceives the homeowner Sasuke to get it for almost nothing, but it turns out that Sasuke is a mere house-sitter and the teacup is made by Sasuke himself.

When Norio learns that Sasuke used to be a hopeful potter derailed by an antique authenticator Norio himself has a painful history against, the two decide to make the gamble of a lifetime against the authenticator they both have a score to settle with. Involving their wives and children, this act of fraud goes quite unexpectedly.