Kato is an aspiring screenwriter treading water. He spends his days pitching stories to offbeat agents and executives who are anything but impressed. Not that he has run out of ideas, they just don’t seem to go anywhere. Unlike his relationship with his girlfriend Zigzag – that one is going down the drain. Little does Kato – or anyone – know that life is about to take some seriously weird turns.While out to buy the special brand of food for his girlfriend’s dog Cerberus, Kato discovers an abandoned convenience store that transforms his trajectory. A stumble into a refrigerator catapults him into a realm of fantastical inspiration boosted by an eccentric couple he meets along the way. Might this be the key to getting his mojo back?Miki Satoshi (Adrift in Tokyo, What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?) returns with a surreal and quirky indie film that manages to be both charming and deeply philosophical. Teaming up with Japanese cinema expert and notable critic for The Japan Times Mark Schilling (Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000), Convenience Story takes you on an eccentric Dantean ride brimming with psychological tension and the zest of karma. From the purgatory of writer’s block, to a hell of an adventure, Kato’s journey is a satisfying and thoughtful tale.源自:
伴随着巨大的轰鸣声,一颗人造卫星发射到了外太空,它的目的地是那个宛如巨大轮盘赌的一号空间站。卫星里载满了供宇航员们日常所用的物资。传送带将物资缓缓运入舱内,其中包含一枚巨大的奶酪,这引起了空间站内另一名住客——小老鼠杰瑞的兴趣。他随即动身窃取奶酪,无意中触发了警报系统。老猫汤姆是空间站的警卫,他从监控屏上看到了杰瑞,随即命令机器猫前去拦截。谁知机器猫遭到杰瑞的戏耍,反过来给汤姆带来巨大的麻烦。无奈之下,汤姆只得亲自上阵,他找来超级强大的激光枪,和小老鼠在空间站内展开一场超现实的星球大战……