The Chicken (2020)
On an unseasonably hot day in November, Hiro, a Japanese immigrant in New York City, decides to butcher a live chicken for dinner. While showing his visiting cousin Kei around, the pair encounter a medical emergency on the street. After they mishandle the situation and end up causing more harm than good, Hiro cannot bring himself to kill the chicken. Throughout, Kei observes his cousin’s new lifestyle as Hiro and his pregnant wife prepare for their move to Chinatown. As the day wears on, Hiro and Kei’s actions highlight how their lives are complicit in the structural violence that surrounds them.
Casting
- Junshin Soga — Hiro
- Taiju Nakane — Kei
- Sandra Maren Schneider — Anna
- Alan Chen — CJ
- Jordan Rodriguez — First Cop
- Florian Koenigsberger — Second Cop
- Kenta Koga — Barista
- Nuuria Berg — Cafe Patron
- Daniel Witkin — Cafe Patron
- Karin Elgai — Cafe Patron
- Charlie Gillette — Cafe Patron
- Geoff Lee — Q
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