The Shell Collector (2016)

Original title

シェル・コレクター

Directed by

Yoshifumi Tsubota

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

5.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A blind shell scientist living alone on an isolated island in Okinawa uses shellfish poison to cure a woman with a rare disease. News spreads and people flock to him, disrupting his peaceful life and bringing his estranged son back into his orbit.

quietcalmmysteriouscontemplativeslow-pacedmeditativepoignant

What happens

シェル・コレクターは、2016年2月27日公開の日本映画。 キャッチコピーは『未体験の艶麗劇薬ファンタジー』。 貝に魅せられ沖縄の孤島でひっそりと暮らしていた盲目の貝類学者。あるとき奇病を患った女性・いづみの病を貝の毒で治してしまったことから、それを知った人々が学者のもとに押し寄せ、静かだった日常が徐々に崩れていく。学者のもとにやってきた人の中には疎遠になっていた息子の光や、いづみと同じように奇病を患う娘・蔦子を助けようとする地元の有力者の姿もあった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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