Kicucuki to ame
Directed by:
沖田修一Cinematography:
月永雄太Cast:
Kōji Yakusho, Shun Oguri, Kengo Kōra, Kyūsaku Shimada, Asami Usuda, Mitsuru Hirata, Masayuki Ibu, 高橋努, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kenji Kawahara, Yoshiyuki Morishita (more)Plots(1)
Katsu (Koji Yakusho) plays a 60-year-old lumberjack who lives in a small, tranquil village in the Kiso mountains. When a film crew suddenly arrives to shoot a zombie movie, Katsu finds himself unwittingly roped into assisting the production and is increasing frustrated by the pushy crew, especially the young, seemingly spineless director Koichi (Shun Oguri). However, an improbable friendship soon develops between Katsu and Koichi, as Katsu comes to see joy in the filmmaking process, and gradually helps Koichi to recover his sense of self. Soon, their bond inspires an unusual collaboration between the villagers and the film crew. Shûichi Okita's third film is both a sharp satire of the madness of movie-making and a sedately paced, charming character comedy. (British Film Institute (BFI))
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A nice film that doesn't really say much; on the other hand, it says enough to make it clear what someone is going through, and that's just nice. It's really a very subtle comedy, to the point where it might be hard for some to spot the joke there, because it's really almost cleverly hidden. That's not to underestimate anyone's intelligence, but I think the vibe is more about experience with Japanese films than anything else. Although there are some great young actors (Oguri, Kora), it's clearly the excellent Yakusho Kōji that gets all the attention. A sleepy film set in the mountains of Japan that tells the story of a single episode that breathed life into routine of the villagers.
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