They are at the bottom of the capitalist ladder - their co-workers are brazilian men (Japan's version of undesirables) and others who can't get any other type of work. Though set in Tokyo, it has the same themes as the South Korean show: a group of down-and-out people, beaten down by the system, trying to survive at all costs, resorting to crime and murder, embroiled with organised crime, and with tragic results for most involved.įour middle-aged women work the night shift in a factory that packs lunch boxes. It even reminded me of Netflix's 2021 "Squid Game". Now here comes Natsuo Kirino with "Out" and I'm sure you'll never eat another boxed lunch as long as you live.Īlthough written in 1997 (and causing a sensation in Japan which propelled Kirino - real name Mariko Hashioka - into the country's top crime writing ranks) it feels very current. Then came Hitchcock's "Psycho" in 1960, terrifying everyone of ever taking a shower again. In 1906, Upton Sinclair created a legion of vegetarians when he exposed the meat industry in his novel "The Jungle".
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