Katoisanaspiringscreenwritertreadingwater.Hespendshisdayspitchingstoriestooffbeatagentsandexecutiveswhoareanythingbutimpressed.Notthathehasrunoutofideas,theyjustdon’tseemtogoanywhere.UnlikehisrelationshipwithhisgirlfriendZigzag–thatoneisgoingdownthedrain.LittledoesKato–oranyone–knowthatlifeisabouttotakesomeseriouslyweirdturnsddd Whileouttobuythespecialbrandoffoodforhisgirlfriend’sdogCerberus,Katodiscoversanabandonedconveniencestorethattransformshistrajectory.Astumbleintoarefrigeratorcatapultshimintoarealmoffantasticalinspirationboostedbyaneccentriccouplehemeetsalongtheway.Mightthisbethekeytogettinghismojoback? MikiSatoshi(AdriftinTokyo,WhattoDowiththeDeadKaiju?)returnswithasurrealandquirkyindiefilmthatmanagestobebothcharminganddeeplyphilosophical.TeamingupwithJapanesecinemaexpertandnotablecriticforTheJapanTimesMarkSchilling(Art,CultandCommerce:JapaneseCinemaSince2000),ConvenienceStorytakesyouonaneccentricDanteanridebrimmingwithpsychologicaltensionandthezestofkarma.Fromthepurgatoryofwriter’sblock,toahellofanadventure,Kato’sjourneyisasatisfyingandthoughtfultale.