# Messengers (1999)

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**Original title**: *メッセンジャー*
**Runtime**: 118 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance, Drama
**Directed by**: Yasuo Baba
**Written by**: Masashi Todayama
**Starring**: Naoko Iijima, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Hiroyuki Yabe, Kotomi Kyono, Yūzō Kayama, Shinsuke Kyou

> *When the going gets tough, try to overtake...*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A midlife crisis gets compressed into one frantic afternoon. After the fashion house folds, Naomi’s plan to flee in a red Alpha Romeo crumbles into a thinly plotted getaway. The car barely fits the plot, let alone the metaphor.

**Mood tags**: cozy, playful

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