# Late Bloomer (2007)

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**Original title**: *おそいひと*
**Runtime**: 83 min
**Genres**: Drama, Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Gô Shibata
**Written by**: Gô Shibata, Satoshi Nakamura, Satoshi Naka
**Starring**: Masakiyo Sumida, Ariko Arita, Toshihisa Fukunaga, Naozô Hotta, Sumiko Shirai, Mari Torii

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Rain slicks the neon-lit pavement of a Tokyo backstreet, midnight.  
A man in a wheelchair drops a crumpled bakery bag; his gloved hand trembles retrieving it.  
Later, a stolen wallet rests under a futon, blood on the floorboards.  
This could only fester in the quiet corners of a 70s Japanese noir.

**Mood tags**: dread, neon-soaked, outsider

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