The Chicken (2020)

ALL 08/08/2020 (en) Drama 14 Min
  • Release
    08/08/2020
  • Production
    Zakkubalan
  • Rotten tomato
    60%
  • Original title
    The Chicken
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Neo Sora

    Director

  2. Story



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The Chicken (2020) 14 Min

ALL 08/08/2020 (en)
Drama
  • Release 08/08/2020
  • Production
    Zakkubalan
  • Original title The Chicken
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Neo Sora

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Daniel Witkin, Albert Tholen

    Editor

  4. Jane Ji, João Pereira-Webber, Aiko Masubuchi, Kenta Koga, Albert Tholen, Jackson Segars

    Producer