TEL-CLUB

1998 1h 16m JA

DramaDocumentary

Synopsis

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In the summer of 1998, the filmmaker went home to Takasaki to film the birth of his brother and sister-in-law's child. Days go by and the child is still to be born. With time on his hands and no one to talk to, the filmmaker finds the phone number for a telephone date club, and calls up with an earnest de- sire: I'd like to talk to a girl. While following the conventions of film-diary form, at some point the filmmaker falls into a times pace tunnel of false memory.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kenji Murakami
Yukiyasu Shimada
Rie Uematsu
Shinobu Kuribayashi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenji Murakami
Writers: Kenji Murakami
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kenji Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Kenji Murakami and Yukiyasu Shimada and Rie Uematsu carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kenji Murakami directs. Kenji Murakami cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 76-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
228 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Kenji Murakami shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Kenji Murakami and Yukiyasu Shimada and Rie Uematsu carry the top of the cast.
6Classified under 8 themes, including "japan", "diary", "handheld camera", "birth".