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User Rating:
7.9/10   149 votes
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Director:
Naomi Kawase
Writer:
Naomi Kawase (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
1 November 1997 (Japan) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Described as documentary fiction, this film is natural and spiritually healthy more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Kotaro Shibata ... Eisuke
Yasuyo Kamimura ... Yasuyo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sachiko Izumi ... Sachiko
Jun Kunimura ... Kozo
Machiko Ono ... Michiru
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Additional Details

Runtime:
95 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Hong Kong:I

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Described as documentary fiction, this film is natural and spiritually healthy, 7 September 2006
7/10
Author: ryphis_demeanor from United States

I recently watched this film in a film class. Naomi Kawase has managed to combine portrait photography, documentary film, and video production with a spiritual narrative told more through silence and patience rather than intense dialogue and action. Patience is a required trait while watching this film as it uses darkness and stillness in a non-dramatic way quite often. You really must experience this film if you are fond of silent films, documentaries on Japan, or stories of family. This film is not a documentary, but her production/directing style is very similar due to the fact the entire cast, minus the leading female role, are non-actors and actual citizens of the town it was shot in.

Best/Worst Comparison: The Tibetan Book of the Dead - BBC Documentary

My favorite element: The song on the record which I assume is by Masamichi Shigeno.

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