Shell and Joint

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Shell and Joint
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Directed byIsamu Hirabayashi
Produced byTatsuo Ito
Madoka Katsumata
Starring Mariko Tsutsui
Keisuke Horibe
Music byTakashi Watanabe
Release date
  • April 2019 (2019-04)(MIFF)
Running time
154 minutes
CountriesJapan
Finland
LanguageJapanese

Shell and Joint is a 2019 film directed by Isamu Hirabayashi and starring Mariko Tsutsui and Keisuke Horibe as co-workers in a Japanese capsule hotel.

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The film was screened at the 41st Moscow International Film Festival in April 2019. [1] It had its North American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2020. [2]

Cast

Release

Shell and Joint was screened at the 41st Moscow International Film Festival in April 2019. [1]

The film had its North American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival in January 2020. [2] It was also selected as one of 30 feature films to be screened during the 2020 Japan Cuts film festival, which was held from July 17 to July 30, 2020; [5] the festival took place online as a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]

Critical reception

Film critic Tony Rayns called Shell and Joint "a fascinating puzzle film, both wryly humorous and deeply serious, which sets a new tone in Japanese cinema and opens up new possibilities for narrative cinema. It's the finest new Japanese film I've seen in months." [3] Dylan Andresen of Film Threat praised the film's cinematography but noted a perceived lack of cohesion in its narrative, and called it "not for the faint of heart, short of attention, or shallow of thought. However, if you can scale the one-inch barrier of subtitles and are looking for a film to ignite the scientist or philosopher within then, this film is worth the watch." [6]

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ramos, Dino-Ray (December 2, 2019). "Slamdance Unveils Films In Narrative And Documentary Competition, Sets Return Of Russo Fellowship". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Shell and Joint". Shell and Joint. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Means, Sean P. (December 6, 2019). "Slamdance Film Festival picks 20 films for competition and brings back 'Breakout' program for repeat directors". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Grater, Tom (June 24, 2020). "Japan Cuts Film Fest, North America's Largest Japanese Cinema Event, Selects 42 Films For Digital 2020 Edition". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Andresen, Dylan (February 13, 2020). "Shell and Joint". Film Threat . Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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