The Chicken
The Chicken

The Chicken

August 8, 202014 min5.4EN
Drama

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.

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Cast

Junshin Soga
Junshin SogaHiro
Taiju Nakane
Taiju NakaneKei
Sandra Maren Schneider
Sandra Maren SchneiderAnna
Alan Chen
Alan ChenCJ
Jordan Rodriguez
Jordan RodriguezFirst Cop
Florian Koenigsberger
Florian KoenigsbergerSecond Cop
Kenta Koga
Kenta KogaBarista
Nuuria Berg
Nuuria BergCafe Patron
Daniel Witkin
Daniel WitkinCafe Patron
Karin Elgai
Karin ElgaiCafe Patron