The Human Chair

After seeing her husband off to work, the young author identified only as Yoshiko sets off to read the large collection of letters she received from other young authors. These are often letters containing samples of their work for critique. One large envelope contains a letter. The letter-writer does not provide his name. The letter is a confession of crimes. The letter-writer has no family or friends, and claims to be "ugly beyond description". He is a chair maker and loves his work and all the chairs he creates, even going so far as to claim some sort of intangible connection to his work.

5

86 min

Cast

Misa Shimizu

as Yoshiko Shinozaki

Jun Kunimura

as Shoichiro Shimizu

Kazuhiro Yamaji

as Ningen Isu

Yasuko Mitsuura

as Tamie

Naoko Amihama

as Young girl

Bang-ho Cho

Norika Fujiwara

as Party Goer

Asako Kobayashi

as Modern girl

Asako Maekawa

Akira Otaka

as Yamanaka

Yoichi Nukumizu

as Yoshimura

Director

Toshiyuki Mizutani