When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead

When I Get Home, My Wife Always Pretends to be Dead

2018 · 115 min · JA · PG-13 · 7.1 (24 votes)
Dir. Toshio Lee · Starring Nana Eikura, Ken Yasuda, Ryohei Otani, Sumika Nono, Kazuyuki Asano, Tōru Shinagawa
Comedy

When salary man Jun gets home, he finds his wife bleeding from her mouth and lying on the floor. He is shocked by the scene, but it turns out the blood is just ketchup and she is pretending to be dead. Without telling him why, she pretends to be dead everyday. Jun is dumbfounded by his wife's behavior, but he begins to feel uneasy with her.

VIBE

A darkly comedic and unsettling look at domestic life. This film feels like a bizarre, deadpan sketch that slowly unravels, leaving you questioning everything about the characters' strange reality.

absurdistdarkly comedicunsettlingquirkysteadyquirky comedyslice-of-lifedeadpanmarriageabsurditycommunication breakdowndomesticity
based on true story
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