Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes

ドロステのはてで僕ら

EUROPE KIKAKU, specializing in themes about time and science fiction, has created a truly definitive time-sci-fi movie!

EUROPE KIKAKU is a popular theatrical troupe that attracts 15,000 people to their performances each year. In addition to stage plays, the troupe is engaged in content production in many fields, such as scriptwriting for films and television series, event production, variety show production, radio programs, and mobile app development, unbound by the theater framework. In 2020, EUROPE KIKAKU finished its first-ever original feature-length film, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes. The film was shot at a cafe in Nijo, Kyoto, which is the troupe’s home ground.
The original story and screenplay are written by Makoto Ueda, the founder and the director of EUROPE KIKAKU. Be-hind the megaphone is EUROPE KIKAKU’s film director, Junta Yamaguchi. Most of the cast consists of members from EUROPE KIKAKU, and the heroin is played by the young talented actress Aki Asakura known for her work in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, SUMMER BLOOMS, Whistleblower, and Masked Ward. This is the first collaboration between EUROPE KIKAKU and Aki Asakura.
In addition to not using any physical compositing, time travel is visualized by shooting long takes throughout the entire film. It is 70 continuous minutes of miraculous moments with the group’s unity overcoming what some may consider to be impossible challenges!

Kato, the owner of Cafe Phalam in front of Kyoto's Nijo Station, goes back to his apartment above the cafe after finishing up work for the day. When he is about to play his guitar, Kato himself suddenly appears on his TV screen and begins speaking.
"I'm the future me. Two minutes in the future."
The TV in Kato's room and the TV in the cafe below are somehow connected with a time difference of two minutes. Con-fused, Kato goes to the TV in the cafe as told by the two-minutes-into-the-future version of himself, and begins talking to himself in the past. The cafe staff and regular customers enjoy the phenomenon. Discovering the existence of the "Time TV," they face the monitors toward each other eager to learn about what lies in the distant future. Furthermore, Kato's crush Megumi from the barbershop next door and the yakuza with an office in the same building, become involved as well, as the "time echo" accelerates the fiasco… Then a mysterious duo pays a visit. The future strikes back. The shackles of continuity tighten...until they go Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes.