Synopsis

The Shinjuku branch of the large discount retailer offers a staggering forty thousand items. Shoppers, both local and those from the nearby city center, throng the store around the clock. The company closely monitors the store during the final week of March, a period marked by intense "rush demand" preceding the tax increase. Some customers stocked up on essential goods in bulk, while others, swept along by the frenzy, made impulsive purchases. Then, on the eve of the tax hike, a man bursts int