Underplayed Gems

Side Job (2017)

Side Job poster
Original title
彼女の人生は間違いじゃない
Directed by
Ryūichi Hiroki
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

After the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, a young woman lives with her father in temporary housing and works at a city office. On weekends she secretly takes a bus to Tokyo to work as a delivery escort, keeping the job hidden from her father. The story follows her life moving between Fukushima and Tokyo, showing people struggling through uncertain futures while searching for a sense of hope.

restrainedsomberintrospectivequietly tensegrittymelancholicpensiveslow-burn

What happens

『彼女の人生は間違いじゃない』(かのじょのじんせいはまちがいじゃない)は、廣木隆一による2015年の小説である。 廣木自身の監督により2017年に映画化された。 東日本大震災後、恋人とうまく付き合えなくなったみゆき。仮設住宅で父と2人で暮らす彼女は、役所勤めのかたわら、東京でデリヘルを始める。フクシマの今を描く、映画監督廣木隆一の初小説。 仮設住宅で父と2人で暮らすみゆきは市役所に勤務しながら、週末は高速バスで渋谷に向かい、デリヘルのアルバイトをしている。父には東京の英会話教室に通っていると嘘をついている彼女は、月曜になるとまたいつもの市役所勤めの日常へと戻っていく。福島と渋谷、2つの都市を行き来する日々の繰り返しから何かを求め続けるみゆき、彼女を取り巻く未来の見えない日々を送る者たちが、もがきながらも光を探し続ける姿が描かれる。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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