So next movie from Juri Chan... One of my favorite!
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (亀は意外と速く泳ぐ Kame wa Igai to Hayaku Oyogu)
Suzume Katagura (Juri Ueno) is an ordinary housewife whose spouse has been sent overseas on business. He keeps regular contact by phone, but is more concerned with and welfare of his pet turtle. She is bored and feeling ignored. Her mundane routine is disrupted one day when she spots a flier advertising for spies. Bored and now intrigued, she contacts them and is eventually instructed to go to a run-down apartment in the poorer section of town. She is greeted by unemployed Shizuo Kugitani (Ryô Iwamatsu) and a Etsuko Kugitani (Eri Fuse), a woman who makes announcements at shopping malls, as a married couple who both claim to be spies. As ordinary people with otherwise boring lives, they persuade Suzume to become a spy too.
Juri is the star in this movie. Still young after Swing Girls fame... she really takes the lead in this movie. So many great moments in this movie with great characters! Juri plays off each character perfectly and carries the pace of the film. It is a typical surreal style comedy... which Asia and Japan seems so good at!
The great thing about this film is there seems to be no plot! Is that a good thing you might ask? Well yes... It is in short a big surreal sitcom. A glimpse into someone's life.. and how events around them change them. It reminds me of a kind of Wes Anderson style movie.. Just sit and let the movie... let Juri show you the world we live in can be quite fascinating.. if you look that little bit closer...
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Hue Hue Hue Hue!
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