Closing Time (1996)

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Closing Time on IMDb 5.8/10 33 votes

Released:
1996-02-01

Overview:
A down-and-out scriptwriter spends his days and nights in the bars of Tokyo. When he is thrown out of a joint because it is closing time, there is always a willing lady to spend the rest of the night with. In the street he has countless semi-philosophical discussions with fellow drinkers, male and female, (shot in black-and-white, as prologue to the different chapters) but in the end it often comes down to one thing: the bottle of whisky that has to be finished. An encounter with a homeless young man with AIDS marks a turning point in the life of the writer.

Director:
Masahiro Kobayashi

Runtime:
1h 21min

Genre:

  • Cast:
  • Sanshō Shinsui
    as
    Man
  • Takeo Nakahara
    as
    Master
  • Kazuki Kitamura
    as
    Kubo
  • Mari Natsuki
  • Ako Jissoji