Parade
2009 · Movie · 118 min. · Japan
Four youths share a two bedroom apartment in a corner of Tokyo. A series of assault cases occur in the same district. Eighteen year old Satoru, a male prostitute, joins them as a new house mate. Their daily life slowly starts to change. "Parade" is the story of a strange living situation in a 2LDK apartment (having two bedrooms, a living-dining room, and a kitchen) in suburban Tokyo. There are five residents ranging in age from eighteen to twenty-eight: Ryosuke (Keisuke Koide), a male student with no evidence of any drive; Kotomi (Shihori Kanjiya), an out-of-work aspiring actress who longs for a celebrity boyfriend; Miki (Karina), a heavy-drinking female illustrator; Satoru (Kento Hayashi), a male prostitute with a spectator like attitude toward life; and Naoki (Tatsuya Fujiwara), a salaryman who works for a film distribution company and says strange things in his sleep. The roommates are not in any way romantically involved with one another, but one can see subtle hints of affection and friendship among them.
Direction Isao Yukisada
Cast Tatsuya Fujiwara · Karina · Shihori Kanjiya · Kento Hayashi · Keisuke Koide · Yuri Nakamura · Misaki Momose · Renji Ishibashi · Maho Nonami · Marina Kozawa · Midoriko Kimura · Terunosuke Takezai · Bokuzo Masana
Soundtrack Hirofumi Asamoto
Screenplay Isao Yukisada · Shûichi Yoshida
Cinematography Jun Fukumoto
Original title Parêdo
6.6
98 votes (FilmAffinity)
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