The Real Thing (2020) | Trailer | Win Morisaki | Kaho Tsuchimura | Koji Fukada
After a floundering toy salesman rescues a beguiling woman whose car was stuck on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures that turn his life upside down. While his once humdrum routine was already complicated by two female co-workers, he soon finds himself entrenched with gangsters, strange interlopers, kidnapping, and other sundry crimes.
Singular auteur Koji Fukada (A Girl Missing, Harmonium) marks his first time adapting someone else’s work to the screen by bringing this popular manga to life, replete with his patently idiosyncratic and lively take on human nature, fatalism, and true love.
Director: Koji Fukada
Writers: Mochiru Hoshisato (original graphic novel), Shintaro Mitani (screenplay), Koji Fukada (screenplay)
Stars: Win Morisaki, Kaho Tsuchimura, Shohei Uno, Kei Ishibashi, Akari Fukunaga, Shugo Oshinari, Yukiya Kitamura