The Chicken

The Chicken

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 8, 2020

Runtime

0h 14m

Genres

Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

The Chicken

Production Companies

Zakkubalan

Director

Neo Sora

Description

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.