Chicken Heart (2002)

Original title

チキン★ハート

Directed by

Hiroshi Shimizu

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three men with nothing much to do gather nightly at a food stall run by an older man. One is a former boxer who now works as a paid punching bag. Their aimless days take a turn when something changes.

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What happens

『チキン・ハート』（ちきん・はーと）は、2002年8月3日公開の日本映画。 おでん屋の親爺（荒木経惟）の元に夜な夜な集まる３人の男、元ボクサーで“殴られ屋”の岩野（池内博之）、殴られ屋を手伝う丸（松尾スズキ）、岩野と同じアパートに住むサダ（忌野清志郎）。特にやる事も無く日々を過ごす３人にも、ある日転機が訪れる…… (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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