Pickled Punk

This independent film follows the actions and inner thoughts of four unusual individuals as they go about their lives in Tokyo, occasionally meeting up with one another. Their thoughts tend to focus on questions of death, existence, and the conflict of society against the individual. All of the action is performed silently, with narration dubbed over.

Cast

Tomoko Machida

as Young Woman

Shinya Tanaka

as Clerk

Juken Kawashima

as Young Man

Akihide Shiroyama

as Photographer

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