Somewhere
in deepest, desolate Hokkaido, the elderly
Nakamura, possibly the slowest driver in the
world, picks up Akemi, a young woman just
ditched by her boyfriend. They meet a suicidal
ex-cop and a woman running away with a bankroll.
Reminiscences
are shared, lies are told and new hopes are
born.
Smart
and unpredictable, Mito's film (his longest
to date after making some attention-grabbing
shorts) might best be summed up as a chamber
road movie.
Tony
Rayns
