A Farewell to Jinu

A former bank clerk moves to a remote village after he develops an allergy to money. As he tries to live without using currency, the bizarre people of the village begin to draw him out of his shell. Former bank clerk Takeharu thought he was strange when he moved to a remote village in Japan's northeastern Tohoku region after developing an inexplicable "money allergy." However as he attempts to live a peaceful rural life without currency, Kamuroba village's bizarre characters draw him out of his shell in this increasingly surreal madcap comedy. Then a nearby town leader attempts to overthrow the handyman bus driver mayor, Takeharu must prove his attachment to Kamuroba and its people. —TV