S. Scott McCracken

A face blind man is accused of killing a pig. This is a sparsely absurd allegory on America, driven by music. Kitsch at its strangest.

In post-WWII Tokyo, Japan's undefeated boxing champion, Masahiro trains in the winter wilderness for his upcoming battle against the American challenger, Clint Sullivan. Pitted against political tensions, the fighters' parallel journeys will test the very limits of human spirit.