Lie Lie Lie

Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.

Director: Shun Nakahara

Cast: Etsushi Toyokawa, Honami Suzuki, Koichi Sato, Hirotaro Honda, Kazuyuki Aijima, Miwako Kawai, Masahiro Komoto, Akaji Maro

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.