Dumbeast

How hard is it to kill an idiot Just ask Kudo Kankuro The acclaimed screenwriter brings his 2004 Kunio Kishidawinning stage play Donju aka Dumb Animal to the big screen in all its wacky tragicomedic glory The one and only Asano Tadanobu sports a seriously nerdy bowl haircut to play the leading role of simpleminded novelist Dekogawa who has mysteriously disappeared Dekogawa wrote an autobiography about his youth that reveals not only his past but also some of his childhood friends bestforgotten secrets In order to keep the skeletons in the closet these buddies of yesteryear try to silence him permanently But no matter how hard they try to kill Dekogawa he just keeps coming back because hes simply too thickheaded to die