Shell and JointMovie
Nitobe and Sakamoto are childhood friends who now work at the front desk of a capsule hotel. Nitobe has a particular fondness for philosophy and crustaceans. Sakamoto, meanwhile, is fixated on suicide. The capsule hotel draws a variety of guests, including a Finnish mother who has lost her child, a fugitive woman, and a researcher studying Daphnia. None of their lives ever intersect. They exist, but never cross, like cells in a capsule hotel. The themes of life and death are explored through a fragmentary view of the characters’ lives.
About Shell and Joint
Shell and Joint is a 2019 drama movie directed by Isamu Hirabayashi.
The production information lists a runtime of 2h 34m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Mariko Tsutsui, Keisuke Horibe, Aiko Sato, Hiromi Kitagawa. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
