The Ear Cleaner (2012)

  • NR
  • 11/24/2012 (JP)
  • Drama
  • 1h 47m

Overview

A drama that presents a lively depiction of a woman plagued with unexplainable hearing problems who begins to look at herself in a new light when she starts working at an ear-cleaning parlor. Using ears as a motif, director Horiuchi Hiroshi delicately evokes emotional changes within young people. As the result of a disaster, Ena (Sakuragi Rina) ends up breaking up with her lover and even suffers the cancelation of a promise of work. As she begins to be troubled from ongoing hearing loss of unknown cause, she finds a job at an ear-cleaning parlor through an old friend. Then one day Ena is reunited with Yoshinobu (Nakata Akira), who is drawn to her beautiful ears.

Hiroshi Horiuchi

Writer, Director

Cast

Rina Sakuragi's headshot

Rina Sakuragi

Ena Mitsuta
Sow Hirosawa's headshot

Sow Hirosawa

Ai
Akatsuki Nakata's headshot

Akatsuki Nakata

Akira Nakata's headshot

Akira Nakata

Yoshinobu Kawamura
Shinji Kasahara's headshot

Shinji Kasahara

Sawa Masaki's headshot

Sawa Masaki

Shohei Uno's headshot

Shohei Uno

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