Overview

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

Cast

Mariko Tsutsui, Keisuke Horibe, Aiko Sato, Hiromi Kitagawa, Atsuko Sudo, Koharu Kusumi, Kanako Higashi, Tatsuya Gasyuin

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What is "Shell and Joint" about?

Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.

When was "Shell and Joint" released?

Shell and Joint was released in 2019.

Who stars in "Shell and Joint"?

The cast includes Mariko Tsutsui, Keisuke Horibe, Aiko Sato, Hiromi Kitagawa.

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