Shinji Imaoka’s Tasogare (Twilight) will premiere on February 16th. The story involves a 65-year-old plaster worker named Funakichi (Masaru Taga) who exchanges cell phone numbers with an old flame named Kazuko (Yasuko Namikibashi) at a class reunion while his wife is on her death bed. He continues clinging to his youth by doing things like going out to strip clubs with his buddies, getting drunk, and being busted for peeping. After his wife dies following one final moment of intimacy Funakichi and the recently-widowed Kazuko talk on the phone and the two newly-single seniors begin spending more time together.

Imaoka, who himself is only 42, is premiering the movie at Theater Pole-Pole in Higashi Nakano, Tokyo. During some of the night screenings in the following week they will precede the film with Noboru Iguchi’s “Granny Kiss”, a short film originally included in the Sakichi Sato-produced compilation Sonna Mucha na!. The DVD release details for Granny Kiss have not been worked out yet, so this may one of the only chances for Japanese audiences to see it for a while. The idea is that it become sort of a “Granny vs. Grandpa” pinku duel between the two movies.

Iguchi has been a pretty busy guy lately. Recently he’s been working as one of the directors for the horror/comedy drama “Shiori to Shimoko” which is currently airing on NTV (and has quickly become one of my favorite shows). He’ll also be showing off his most eagerly-anticipated movie project to date, The Machine Girl, at this year’s Yubari Fanta in mid-March.

Check out the Tasogare trailer below (not work safe, horny old people):

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