Bubble Fiction Boom or Bust, ????GO!!~???????????~
Genre: Comedy, SciFi.
Date: 2007
Parts: 4
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Synopsis: 2007 Japanese science fiction comedy film directed by Yasuo Baba available with English sub-titles. The plot centers on traveling in time from 2007 to 1990 and in the process compares some everyday things between 1990 and 2007 (e.g. cell phones) in a humorous way. Inventor Mariko Tanaka (Hiroko Yakushimaru), who works for Hitachi appliances accidentally re-engineers a washing machine for time travel, the Japanese government then convinces her to go back in time to prevent the collapse of the Japanese economy. However, when contact is lost after she goes back in time, the government then sends Isao Shimokawaji (Hiroshi Abe), who works for the Finance Ministry’s Emergency Response Bureau to convince Mariko’s estranged daughter Mayumi (Ryoko Hirosue), to go back in time to investigate. Some knowledge of such things as the presence of electronic turnstiles in the Tokyo subway is helpful with some sight-gags.
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