The Ear Cleaner

Overview

A drama that presents a lively depiction of a woman plagued with unexplainable hearing problems who begins to look at herself in a new light when she starts working at an ear-cleaning parlor. Using ears as a motif, director Horiuchi Hiroshi delicately evokes emotional changes within young people. As the result of a disaster, Ena (Sakuragi Rina) ends up breaking up with her lover and even suffers the cancelation of a promise of work. As she begins to be troubled from ongoing hearing loss of unknown cause, she finds a job at an ear-cleaning parlor through an old friend. Then one day Ena is reunited with Yoshinobu (Nakata Akira), who is drawn to her beautiful ears.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 24, 2012

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Shohei Uno,Akatsuki Nakata,Shinji Kasahara,Rina Sakuragi,Sow Hirosawa,Sawa Masaki,Akira Nakata

Director

Hiroshi Horiuchi

Writer

Hiroshi Horiuchi

Cinematography

Kujô Sanbongi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt6046932