Things Around

Kanao (played by Lily Franky) and Shoko (played by Tae Kimura) are an ordinary couple. Kanao works in a shoe shop, and Shoko is a small editor in the editorial department of a magazine who is constantly troubled by trivial matters. The life of the couple is unremarkable, and even intimacy is planned on a fixed date. Introduced by a friend, Kanao got a job as a court painter. Although his wife and family are not very optimistic about it, with the help of Yasuda (played by Akira Emoto) and other seniors, his work is gradually getting on the right track. Shoko is dissatisfied with her husband's practice of killing people first and telling them later, and is bothered by the mundane duties of the magazine, but the seeds of happiness in her heart are sprouting, and a small life is about to bring new experiences to the couple's life... The film won the 2009 Japan Film Academy Award for Best Actress (Tae Kimura), the 2009 Blue Ribbon Award for Best Actress (Tae Kimura) and Best Newcomer (Lily) Franky), the 2008 Hochi Film Awards for Best Director (Hashiguchi Ryosuke), the 2009 Mainichi Movie Awards for Best Screenplay (Hashiguchi Ryosuke) and Best Film.