Plot: The first short sports two girls who discuss one girl's steamy date the night before, only to realize the man they are talking about was the former boyfriend of the other girl. The second short sees a woman trying to trap a college professor as a favor to her boyfriend, while the final short features two women who randomly meet each other on the street and recognize each other from their college years.
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January 26, 2022
Before taking a stab at Hamaguchi's latest success, I figured it would be fun to catch up with this little anthology project. What you get are three unrelated short stories that are very minute in scope and driven by strong performances. This isn't usually my preferred type of cinema, but the contrast between the blunt honesty of the characters and their excessively prim, solemn composure is pretty riveting. The shorts are very similar in style and structure and Hamaguchi fails his chance to experiment with form, but when the quality is consistently high, that's hardly a negative.