Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected

This is the story of a woman so ordinary, so hard to pick out of a crowd, that she is recruited to be a spy (by the Chinese or something). She has a brief existential crisis, unsure how to act ordinary now that it's her job.

There is no way to summarize this gem. Surrounded by offbeat characters (a cook with a talent for flavorless ramen, a ginkgo-nut-chewing tofu vendor, a dancing hairstylist, a pair of calisthenic cops, and a plumber who is far too eager to talk about his work), she wanders through life with no purpose other than feeding her husband's turtle until suddenly, given a purpose, she wanders through life reminiscing about her past.

Fun, wacky, somewhat typically Japanese fare.

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Turtles Swim Faster Than Expected (IMDB)

Wince : [**___]
Flinch : [*____]
Retch : [*____]
Gape : [***__]

Beerequisite : [****_]
Pornability : [*____]
Obscurity : [***__]
Explicability : [***__]

Scene I'd watch on endless loop: Azuki panda! Hue-hue-he-he-he.