Japanese comedy drama written and directed by sion sono in tokyo shy office worker ryoichi suzuki hiroki hasegawa is tired of everybody picking on him his unfulfilling job and not being able to tell his colleague yuko kumiko as his true feelings for her but his life drastically changes when he buys a pet turtle he names pikadon and confides in his tiny new friend his dreams of becoming a famous rock star after ryoichis colleagues cruelly force him to flush his pet turtle down the to