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For me, this was a lovely one-shot. You're sort of thrown into the plot, knowing absolutely nothing about these people, but over time you find out what their motivations are and it comes together nicely until it culminates in a baseball game. I thought Hamada Gaku was very good here, playing what is basically a chamber character with a lot of emotional movement that bubbles and bubbles, until it finally fizzles out in a touching way. He's seconded by Omori as the mysterious man who for some reason keeps meeting Hamada's character, and Kimura Fumino as a grizzled and rather peculiar Japanese woman with her heart where it should be. It's an ordinary little film, but it warmed my heart terribly, even though it confused me at first. (08.06.2020)