For many Japanese guys today, the path to romance and marriage ends before it starts. A government survey found that 40% of Japanese men in their 20s have never been on a date, while 30% of Japanese men have never married by the age of 50. In Go Riju¡¯s quirky relationship drama ¡°Rhapsody, Rhapsody,¡± a dentist recites these dismal figures to his adult nephew, hoping to stir him into action.?
The dentist, played by the director himself, is a friend and confidant of the nephew, Mikio Natsuno (Issei Takahashi). The tightly wound employee of a trading company, Mikio is without a girlfriend as the story begins, a situation that worries his uncle, an easygoing bohemian type who views his own failed marriages as a ¡°good experience.¡±?
But when Mikio goes to renew his passport for an overseas business trip, he discovers to his shock that his family registry lists a wife ¡ª one Shigeko (Kumi Kureshiro).?
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