The Charm of Others (2012)

魅力の人間

Hyper-realistic, comic drama about a group of workers in a small Japanese vending-machine factory. The young men gossip in their grubby canteen about women and each other. In order to drive out the boredom, they play soccer on the colourless industrial site. The relationships do not entirely run smoothly: ‘senior’ employee Takahashi enjoys making his colleague Yoda feel every day that he is at the bottom of the ladder. Yoda barely reacts. In the meantime, Sakata, a cheerful kid, tries in vain to make friends with the taciturn Yoda. This ensemble film shows in a dryly comic way the everyday lives of these so very normal Japanese kids, who still have one foot in childhood, but need to make choices as adults. The director himself plays the lead of the charming Sakata, who closely observes his colleagues. As he does in the role of filmmaker: his clear gaze soon reveals how it all fits together.

Date of release
2012-10-23
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ryutaro Ninomiya

Casting

Interesting facts

The Charm of Others is a 2012 Japanese film directed by Ryutaro Ninomiya. The film was selected to screen at a number of international festivals, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Subversive festival in 2019, and was featured at the PIA Film Festival in 2012, where it won the Semi-Grand Prix. The Charm of Others was Ninomiya's first film.

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