The Chicken

The Chicken

The Chicken

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The Chicken

2020

0h 14m

5.4(5 votes)

Drama

Overview

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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14 members

Acting

Junshin Soga

Hiro

Junshin Soga

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Taiju Nakane

Kei

Taiju Nakane

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Sandra Maren Schneider

Anna

Sandra Maren Schneider

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Alan Chen

CJ

Alan Chen

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Jordan Rodriguez

First Cop

Jordan Rodriguez

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Florian Koenigsberger

Second Cop

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Kenta Koga

Barista

Kenta Koga

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Nuuria Berg

Cafe Patron

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Directing

Daniel Witkin

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Karin Elgai

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Charlie Gillette

Cafe Patron

Charlie Gillette

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Geoff Lee

Q

Geoff Lee

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Arianna Geneson

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Elvin McRae

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