Comedy · Japan · 2002 · 1h 36m

The Laughing Frog

笑う蛙

Director

Cast

Kyōzō Nagatsuka as Ippei Kurasawa Nene Otsuka as Ryoko Kurasawa Jun Kunimura as Yoshizumi Mickey Curtis as Kitaro as Shuzo Mitamura as

Crew

Kōzō Shibazaki — Director of Photography Akimasa Kawashima — Editor Ryuji Murayama — Original Music Composer Izuru Narushima — Writer Suguru Kubota — Producer Satoshi Fukushima — Producer

Synopsis

A woman has a fine life with rewarding work, a nice house, and a serious boyfriend in the lowlands of Japan. In walks her long lost husband who years ago disappeared and abandoned her. The wife allows her lost husband to secretly live in her house. More specifically, he lives in the wife's closet. The closet has a peep hole, so he does nothing day and night but watch his wife live her life.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Key Collaborators

Hideyuki Hirayama Director Kōzō Shibazaki Director of Photography Akimasa Kawashima Editor Ryuji Murayama Original Music Composer Izuru Narushima Writer Suguru Kubota Producer Satoshi Fukushima Producer Katsumi Nakazawa Production Design

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