In a near future where allergies have become an epidemic, music producer Haru half-heartedly dates post office clerk and mail thief Michi. He searches for violent ways to reactivate his life, she dreams of escaping abroad; both volunteer to test a new drug which may provide a cure.
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Shinji Takeda
Haru
Miako Tadano
Michi
Hosaku Yasui
Satake
Masamichi Matsumoto
Murai
Kazushige Inami
Kenji
Akiko Ohku
Akiko
Shinji Aoyama
Fascist
Naoki Yamamoto
Post Office Delivery Clerk
Tarō Suwa
Drunk Man on Bicycle / Man Being Attacked
Shirô Atami
Shingo Ichizawa
Yûichirô Izumi
Takeshi Ishizumi
Shunpei Kawaguchi
Taeko Kobayashi
