Kato is an aspiring screenwriter treading water. He spends his days pitching stories to offbeat agents and executives who are anything but impressed. Not that he has run out of ideas, they just don’t seem to go anywhere. Unlike his relationship with his girlfriend Zigzag – that one is going down the drain. Little does Kato – or anyone – know that life is about to take some seriously weird turns.
While out to buy the special brand of food for his girlfriend’s dog Cerberus, Kato discovers an abandoned convenience store that transforms his trajectory. A stumble into a refrigerator catapults him into a realm of fantastical inspiration boosted by an eccentric couple he meets along the way. Might this be the key to getting his mojo back?
Miki Satoshi (Adrift in Tokyo, What to Do with the Dead Kaiju?) returns with a surreal and quirky indie film that manages to be both charming and deeply philosophical. Teaming up with Japanese cinema expert and notable critic for The Japan Times Mark Schilling (Art, Cult and Commerce: Japanese Cinema Since 2000), Convenience Story takes you on an eccentric Dantean ride brimming with psychological tension and the zest of karma. From the purgatory of writer’s block, to a hell of an adventure, Kato’s journey is a satisfying and thoughtful tale.
源自：https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2023/films/convenience-story
或许是剧本作家的《生死停留》，亦或是《千与千寻》的走向。若是后者的套路，两位阴阳侦探已在灵界被便利店老板钓野伏，结尾又如何在现实中现身？而片尾作家女友放下的祈祷瓶已经与片头作家踢飞的桥段形成闭环（女友的手被不明人物抓伤？狗子也被找回？），这个又说不通了。如此看来，还是偏向前者的走向。演员方面没啥问题，但导演估计是跟片中的导演一样神神叨叨的被自个儿整崩了吧。
Kato is an aspiring screenwriter treading water. He spends his days pitching stories to offbeat agents and executives who are anything but impressed. Not that he has run out of ideas they just don’t seem to go anywhere. Unlike his relationship with his girlfriend Zigzag – that one is going down the drain. Little does Kato – or anyone – know that life is about to take some seri...
虽然但是，哪怕是三木聪死忠粉，但这次好像也很难给三星了。反倒是觉得这个故事讲得太实了，反而不有趣了，而且那些天马行空的鬼点子也没了，严肃的议题既不深沉又不戏谑，两头不靠是最无奈了。一个（瞎说的）评价标准是：如果连布施绘理在片中都没什么发挥的话，那么这部三木聪一定是没意思的。
便利店不需要这样的故事
4.5。给你一个故事的轮廓，其余自行想象。便利店杀人事件，三木聪电波系的笑料，完全无法预测的展开。整部电影都不知道讲什么，但仔细回想一下还真是有点意思。
