Same Old, Same Old (退屈な日々にさようならを), Rikiya Imaizumi, 2016

Focusing on the lives (and a few deaths) of three filmmakers, Rikiya Imaizumi (Their Distance, Sad Tea) tackles weighty themes in this new ensemble drama set in Tokyo and Fukushima. Director Kajiwara, struggling to earn a living from the film, gets an offer to do a music video. But it doesnt go well and he finds himself in an unexpected situation. Actress Aoba witnesses her filmmaker boyfriends suicide and decides to hide his body. Gardener Taro plans to close the family business he inherits from his father, but receives a phone call one night from the selfdeclared girlfriend of his estranged twin, Jiro.