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Call Me Chihiro (ちひろさん, Chihiro-san) is a 2023 Japanese drama film written and directed by Rikiya Imaizumi. Produced under Asmik Ace and Digital Frontier, it stars Rikiya Imaizumi, Hana Toyoshima and Tetta Shimada. [2] The film was released on Netflix on 23 February 2023.
Feb 23, 2023 · Director: Rikiya Imaizumi. Writer: Hiroyuki Yasuda (manga), Kaori Sawai, Rikiya Imaizumi. Producer: Akira Yamano. Cinematographer: Hiroshi Iwanaga. Release Date: February 23, 2023. Runtime: 131 min. Distributor: Netflix, Asmik Ace Entertainment. Language: Japanese. Country: Japan. Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©.
Call Me Chihiro: Directed by Rikiya Imaizumi. With Kasumi Arimura, Hana Toyoshima, Tetta Shimada, Van. An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.
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- Rikiya Imaizumi
- 2023-02-23
Feb 23, 2023 · Chihiro is a former sex worker who helps people with mental struggles in a seaside town. She quits her job and moves away to start a new life, leaving behind her friends and a sense of loneliness.
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The film’s first scene introduces Chihiro (Kasumi Arimura) on her hands and knees, chatting with a cat. We then watch her engage in flirty banter with a customer at the bento shop she works at. Chihiro used to be a sex worker and, in the present, seems to have gathered quite a few male fans who patronize the food stall to see her. Throughout the ru...
This film doesn’t tell, and it doesn’t show. It just is. And sometimes life is like that. We just are. Some people will enjoy this title, there’s a simple yet beautiful elegance to how the story (or lack of it) is presented. But if you want a film with a narrative to follow, you might want to skip this one.
Setting the scene
Among the people Chihiro meets is an old homeless man she starts giving lunch to (Keiichi Suzuki), a high school student named Kuniko (Hana Toyoshima) whose authoritarian father rules the family with an iron fist, a young boy raised by a single mother who works nights and rarely has time to care for him, and Tae (Jun Fubuki) – the blind co-owner of the bento shop. She also reconnects with her trans friend from the massage parlor, Basil, and her former employer, Utsumi (Lily Franky), who has s...
What’s Chihiro’s real name?
When Tae goes missing from the hospital, her husband is initially concerned. But then we find out that Chihiro used her real name, Aya, to visit the blind woman in the hospital. The two just went for a drive and had a meaningful conversation followed by a heartfelt hug. Chihiro was the name of a woman she had met and bonded with as a little girl, and she chose it as an alias for her sex worker persona. During the conversation with Tae, our protagonist acknowledges her mother’s death and admit...
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