Off-Balance

  • Run time: 95 min
  • Premiere: 2000. January 1.

13-year old Chiaki Matsumoto enters middle school with two rules for herself: 1. Always stay cool and 2. Don’t make friends. Having suffered bullying in elementary school, Chiaki chooses a path of isolation, building emotional walls and deciding to live a tough, solitary life. One day, by chance, she meets Kiki, a flamboyant and mysterious individual who transcends age and gender. As Chiaki begins to interact with Kiki, she slowly opens her heart, learning to trust again.

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Fumiyo Kohinata

Kiku-chan

Yu Hatano

Mizue

Tomato Akai

Yuri-chan

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Homeroom Teacher

Ryushi Mizukami

Video Store Guy

Masayo Umezawa

Mizue's Mother

Noriko Hayami

Masayoshi's Wife

Yuichi Haba

Masayoshi

Mieko Harada

Chiaki's Mother

Yuki Itoh

Minamoto

Directing

Shin Togashi

Director

Editing

Naoko Aono

Negative Cutter

Kenji Tanabe

Assistant Editor

Writing

Shiori Kazama

Screenplay

Directing

Shin Togashi

Director

Editing

Naoko Aono

Negative Cutter

Kenji Tanabe

Assistant Editor

Writing

Shiori Kazama

Screenplay