Tenten

Nov 10 2007 N/A 1h 41m
Comedy

A thug offers to pay a law student's gambling debt if the student will accompany him on a trip across Tokyo.

Plot

Takemura has no friends and no family. He's a student but he doesn't have any particular ambitions. In other words, he isn't going anywhere fast. Were all this not enough, the sorry sad sack has a debt of 800,000 yen. Fukuhara, a surly debt collector with a glorious mullet, is on his case. After roughing Takemura up, he gives him an ultimatum-72 hours to pay up, or else. Takemura barely has his wits about him again when he runs across Fukuhara a second time, and this time the thug has a different proposal-a walk. That's right, in exchange for a million yen, Takemura must accompany Fukuhara on a walk across the city of Tokyo. Starting in a distant corner of the city, they begin their trek towards downtown, striking up a conversation. It's at this point that Fukuhara admits that he's recently killed his wife, and intends to turn himself in at Kasumagaseki police station-because, he says, it's the finest in town. The pair's itinerary, however, is hardly a quick and direct one. The disparate duo drift here and there, hanging out and coming across a host of eccentric personalities, creatures of the urban jungle's various habitats. As their walking, talking and trading truths continues, the arrangement between Takemura and Fukuhara starts to transform into friendship.

Written by

Yoshinaga Fujita, Satoshi Miki

Directed by

Satoshi Miki

Production Countries

Japan

Production Companies

Geneon Entertainment, Style Jam

Languages

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
3,272
Average Rating
7.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA