Damejin (2006)

Damejin: Directed by Satoshi Miki. With Ryûta Satô, Mikako Ichikawa, Yasuhito Hida, Yôichi Nukumizu. An off-beat comedy about 3 ‘damejin’ (useless persons), who don’t work and spend their lives doing nothing. They actually don’t want to work. When they hear ‘in India one can live without working’ they take it seriously. They begin to raise the money to go to India by doing anything but working, such as ripping off stamps from others’ letters to sell, robbery at the bank which itself went bankrupt, etc.

“What a strange movie this is. Three vagrants on their way from cave expedition meets an alien golden child. The child tells them they must go to India to save the world. But they need to make one million yen for the travel expense to go to India. They embark on various venture to make money but itu0026#39;s a tall order for ones whou0026#39;ve never had steady jobs before.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie was released in 2006, but it was actually made in 2002. The movie was made 10 years after the economic collapse of Japan, and the mood of the people are reflected in the story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s not a single normal person in this story, and everyone seem to have gave up on the society. Still they push on, trying to hang on to their lives.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the directorial debut for director Satoshi Miki, although itu0026#39;s not the first movie to be released due to itu0026#39;s delayed release. Miki has been producing and directing TV programs, and stage plays.”