Convenience Store Story

Kato is an aspiring screenwriter treading water. He spent his days selling stories to maverick agents and executives who were not impressed at all. It's not that he's run out of ideas, it's just that none of them seem to work. Unlike his relationship with his girlfriend Zigzag, this relationship is failing. Little did Kato, or anyone, know that life was about to take some very strange turns. While buying a special brand of food for his girlfriend's dog, Cerberus, Kato discovered an abandoned convenience store that changed his trajectory. A trip over a refrigerator leads him into a fantasy realm of inspiration, where he meets an eccentric couple along the way. Could this be the key to getting his mojo back? Miki Nakamoto ("Tokyo Drift," "What to Do with Dead Monsters") returns with a surreal and quirky indie film that's as charming as it is philosophical. Convenient Stories has teamed up with Japanese film expert and renowned Japan Times critic Mark Schilling (Art, Cults, and Commerce in Japanese Cinema Since 2000) to take you on a quirky Dante journey filled with psychological tension and karmic passion. From the purgatory of writer's block, to