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sd_poster Director Hiroshi Toda
Producer Masato Hanazawa
Yoko Osako
Hiroshi Toda
Written Hiroshi Toda / Katsuhiro Yamamura
Music Mikiko Hasegawa
ArtDirector Yoko Yamamoto
Cast Shinichi Okayama
  Shoji Yamada
  Takahiro Yoshida
  Ami Ishikawa
 
  2007
  HD 16:9
  83min
 
2007 Lyon Asian Film festival (Lyon,France) (official selection)
Grand Prix du Public ( 1st Audience Award )
New Asian Cinema ( 1st Award )
2007 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival (USA) (official selection)
Best International Director
2007 Sao Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil) (official selection)
2008 Uruguay International Film Festival (Uruguay) (official selection)
2008 Arizona International Film Festival (USA) (official selection)
2008 Osian’s Cinefan, Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema(India) (official selection)
2008 San Fernando Valley International Film Festival (USA) (official selection)
2008 Anchorage International Film Festival( USA ) (official selection)

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  Synopsis : A Japanese man who lost track of his life searches for it with the help of a young punk and an old fortune-teller.
"Zenko" is an old, street fortune-teller. He has only one dream-that everyone is protected by the amulets he has made. Once in a while people stop at his stall to ask for help finding things or his advice. Some memorable customers are a strange, camera loving girl, couples in love and a sweethearted young punk named "Yabuta," who is engaged as a loan shark. At the end of each visit, “Zenko” gives them his amulet, wishing them good luck.
And there comes "Nagaoka," an old man whose life is devastated by the recent loss of his wife. He seeks and finds the aid of "Zenko" and "Yabuta" to solve his financial woes. Now he comes here again to ask for Zenko's help in finding something precious…