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:
为了探望患病的母亲(金成铃 饰),金书妍(朴信惠 饰)返回了家乡。自从父亲死后,金书妍和母亲之间的关系跌落到了冰点,她认为母亲应给对父亲的死负全责。金书妍不小心将手机落在了火车上,无奈之中,她只得暂时用家中的一台固定电话和外界联系。一天,电话响了,在电话另一头的,是一位名叫吴英淑(全钟瑞 饰)的女孩。很快,金书妍就发现,这台电话似乎拥有穿越时间的特使能力,而吴英淑并非和自己生活在同一时代,而是十年前生活在这幢房子里的某个女孩。根据吴英淑的叙述,她被信奉邪教的母亲(李艾 饰)囚禁在家中,过着生不如死的日子,随着时间的推移,两个女孩之间逐渐建立起了友谊。而金书妍亦发现,就在不久之后,十年前的吴英淑将会葬身火海。