Isoginchiyaku

An afternoon in August Arata gets a ticket to stay at a highrise hotel in Shinjuku He invites his friends Kenji and Mayu to stay in his luxurious room overlooking the city of Shinjuku When they leave in the evening Arata calls his girlfriend KaychanThese are the young people of today hedonistic and carefree The camera never leaves the room and continues to show their actions which are neither acted nor improvised in long takes In an ambiguity that is neither drama nor documentary the film depicts the unconcerned relationships and unimportant moods of men and women who pass the time in a casual manner For better or worse the film realistically depicts the state of todays youth PFF Award 1991 Grand Prix nominated work