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Release Date:
23 April 1982 (USA) moreGenre:
DramaAwards:
14 wins & 8 nominations moreUser Comments:
A very beautiful film. more (1 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Ken Takakura | ... | Eiji Mikami |
| Chieko Baisho | ... | Kiriko (1979) Michio |
| Ayumi Ishida | ... | Naoko Mikami (1968) |
| Setsuko Karasuma | ... | Suzuko Yoshimatsu (1976) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kai Ato | ... | Ryosuke Honjo |
| Yû Fujiki | ... | Ichiro Mikami |
| Akihiko Hirata | ||
| Ryo Ikebe | ... | Chief Nakagawa |
| Ken Iwabuchi | ... | Yoshitaka Mikami |
| Tanie Kitabayashi | ... | Masayo Mikami |
| Yûko Kotegawa | ... | Fuyuko Mikami |
| Sachiko Murase | ... | Ryosuke's mother |
| Hideo Murota | ... | Shigeru Morioka |
| Toshiyuki Nagashima | ... | Michio Mikami |
| Akira Nagoya | ... | Takada |
| Jinpachi Nezu | ... | Goro Yoshimatsu |
| Junkichi Orimoto | ||
| Hideji Otaki | ... | Aiba |
| Kei Sato | ||
| Tetsuya Takeda | ||
| Kunie Tanaka | ... | Sugawara |
| Minori Terada | ... | Chikaraishi |
| Ryudo Uzaki | ... | Yukio Kinoshita |
| Masako Yagi | ... | Aiba's wife |
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132 min | South Korea:98 minCountry:
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South Korea:All (heavily cut)FAQ
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This is a Ken Takakura vehicle, and as such follows his formula. Takakura plays to type as the laconic brooder who suffers multiple tragedies with manly stoicism. While the variety of his film varied greatly, his films with director Yasuo Furuhata were always of the highest quality, and this is no exception. Takakura is a cop training to be a sharpshooter for the Olympic games, he divorces his wife and abandons his daughter when he discovers she's had an affair. Later his coach is gunned down by a fleeing criminal. Years later Takakura returns to his snowy hometown and starts an affair with a middle-aged bar owner. The story is a bit thick, with a number of subplots, yet it is extrordinarily melancholic, as Takakura seems to regret everything he's done in his life and is made over and over again to relive his mistakes. There is very little "action" as such, and no yakuzas of any kind; but beyond that this is one of the most lushly beautiful and emotional films you can see (if you can see it), with an excellent score by Ryudo Uzaki.