Saddled with a slavish, boring laundry job and no social life whatsoever, Kikuchi rarely leaves his bare apartment except to follow home and spy on a supermarket check-out girl. But there's no one he can tell about his secret passion, least of all his gawping, work-shy colleague. Even a stray kitten can't alleviate Kikuchi's frustration; clearly, something's got to give... This first film by a former manga illustrator, a terse and enigmatic blend of black comedy and psychodrama, has been compared to both Eraserhead and Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman; another point of reference might be the slow, deceptively banal domestic dramas of Ozu, with whom Iwamoto shares a penchant for a mostly static camera, simple compositions, and an eye for the absurd details of everyday life.

A pseudo-documentary that follows a director and an actress.

A sensual melodrama about the romance between an up-and-coming actress and her manager, set in the AV industry. Popular AV actress Eri Kikuchi, who was taking the world by storm at the time of its production, performed a role that overlapped with her in a natural and well-received role that earned her high acclaim. Through her friend's introduction, Eri (Eri Kikuchi), who was managed by Kageda (Yutaka Ikeshima), who has a sincere work style, quickly became a popular AV actress. Kageda develops a fondness for Eri while working with her, but she is arrested when it is discovered that she has hired a minor who misrepresented her age.