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- Movie: The Night of Whirlwind Restaurant
- Romaji: Tsumujikaze
- Japanese: つむじ風食堂の夜
- Director: Tetsuo Shinohara
- Writer: Atsuhiro Yoshida (novel), Hiroaki Kubo
- Producer:
- Cinematographer: Shogo Ueno
- World Premiere: October 19, 2009 (Tokyo International Film Festival)
- Release Date: November 21, 2009
- Runtime: 84 min
- Distributor: Jolly Roger
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
Night after night, eccentric regulars gather at a quaint eating house located in the corner of a crossing in Tsukifune-cho. They include an old bookstore owner called “Master De Niro”, a young fruiterer who wishes to go to Irkutsk, a talkative hatter, and a struggling stage actress. “I”, an unspectacular man, is forced to buy a “double spatial migration device” and a book titled “The Strange tale of Thousand and One Red Pepper Night”, talks about outskirts of the universe, reminisces the “espresso machine”, and is asked to write a play. Gradually, these little events make “I” face his past and future. -- Tokyo International Film Festival
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