A Bad Summer

The story

Sasaki is a sincere civil servant, working at city hall. Due to his timid personality, he can't properly deal with nasty people, including a single mother on the verge of giving up her own child, another civil servant pressing him to have a physical relationship, and a person who receives welfare benefits unfairly. His passivity leads him to get caught up in a terrible crime.

• #civil servant
• #public servant
• #downward spiral
• #based on novel or book
• #underworld
• #mystery
• #japan
• #film noir
• #suspense
• #criminal underworld