The Chicken (2020)
14m
Running Time
August 8, 2020Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Taiju Nakane
Kei

Junshin Soga
Hiro

Sandra Maren Schneider
Anna

Alan Chen
CJ

Heather Yancey
Set Decoration / Costume Design

Neo Sora
Director / Screenplay

Charlie Gillette
Cafe Patron

Daniel Witkin
Editor

Albert Tholen
Editor / Producer

Jane Ji
Producer / Production Design

Geoff Lee
Q

João Pereira-Webber
Producer

Aiko Masubuchi
Producer

Kenta Koga
Producer

Naoya Shiga
Short Story

Bill Kirstein
Director of Photography

Jackson Segars
Producer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
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