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On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.Read moreLess
On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
The story
On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
Cast & crew
Junshin SogaHiro
Taiju NakaneKei
Sandra Maren Schneider
Alan Chen
Jordan RodriguezFirst Cop
Kenta KogaBarista
Charlie GilletteCafe Patron
Geoff LeeExplore the crew
- Director
- Neo Sora
- Editor
- Albert Tholen
- Producer
- Jane Ji
- Producer
- João Pereira-Webber
- Producer
- Aiko Masubuchi
- Producer
- Kenta Koga
- Screenplay
- Neo Sora
- Director of Photography
- Bill Kirstein
- Producer
- Albert Tholen
- Producer
- Jackson Segars
- Editor
- Daniel Witkin