Off-Balance (2000)
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.
- Released
- 2000-01-01
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Shin Togashi, Shiori Kazama
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Megumi Hatachiya as Chiaki
- Fumiyo Kohinata as Kiku-chan
- Yu Hatano as Mizue
- Shuji Kashiwabara as Heath
- Tomato Akai as Yuri-chan
- Kumiko Tsuchiya as Homeroom Teacher
- Ryushi Mizukami as Video Store Guy
- Masayo Umezawa as Mizue's Mother
- Noriko Hayami as Masayoshi's Wife
- Yuichi Haba as Masayoshi
- Mieko Harada as Chiaki's Mother
- Ayano Okuda
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