North Shinjuku 2055

An overly curious journalist sits face to face with a resident of the mysterious district of North Shinjuku One is trying to understand the codes and unspoken truths of a closed community the other gradually reveals his world Daisuke Miyazaki delivers an unorthodox futuristic scifi full of recursive effects and false appearances Shot in lustrous black and white featuring a series of still images this impossible dialogue is like a response from the future to Chris Markers La Jetée Harrowing yet leavened by humour the story includes street kids ancestral pariahs and as youd expect yakuzas