This special limited edition glow-in-the-dark & embossed slipcover (designed by Earl Kessler Jr.) is limited to1,500 unitsand is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Named after Yasujiro Ozus custom-made, tatami-level, crab-like tripod, Kani is a new home video label dedicated to leveling the gaze and furthering the understanding of Asian cinema in North America. Focused on genre-defying films, Kani aims to expand the canon, bolster up-and-coming filmmakers and reintroduce repertory classics in context.Vinegar Syndromes sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!

Takashi Uno (Yohta Kawase, RUBBERS LOVER) wants little more from life than to play the bongo under the starlight. When his uncle passes, his freshly divorced cousin inherits their traditional country home and tasks the shy slacker with caring for it. Together with the towns underdog grocer, the three revert to a joyful childhood dynamic. Leisurely BBQ (the cheapest beef!) and cup noodles, its all fun and games until a family from Tokyo led by an unhinged patriarch (screen veteran Kanji Tsuda, JU-ON: THE GRUDGE) and his enigmatic wife (Natsuki Mieda) manifest their desire to open a countryside caf at all costs.

Tadashi Nagayama a protg of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival since his 2017 Grand Prix-winning debut JOURNEY OF THE TORTOISE baffles audience expectations at every turn with this mellow yet thoroughly eccentric pastoral comedy about the right to do nothing, Japans growing urban-rural divide, and the countrys ongoing nuclear anxieties.

directed by: Tadashi Nagayama
starring: Yohta Kawase, Kanji Tsuda, Natsuki Mieda, Kazua Akieda, Tadahiro Tsuru, Shoichiro Tanigawa
2018/ 96 min / 1.78:1 / Japanese Stereo with English subtitles

Additional info:

Region Free Blu-ray
OUT FISHING (2021, 19MINS): NEW FEATURETTE INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR TADASHI NAGAYAMA, WRITER YURIKO SUZUKI AND ACTOR YOHTA KAWASE
MAKING OF BEING NATURAL: PUBLIC TALK AT KS CINEMA (2019, 19MINS) FEATURETTE WITH DIRECTOR, SFX AND VFX TEAM
A STORY OF FLOATING RADIUM NEW WRITING ON BEING NATURAL BY MATHIEU LI-GOYETTE
JAPANESE THEATRICAL TRAILER
Inside sleeve artwork
English and JapaneseSDH subtitles