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3 November 2001 (Japan) morePlot:
A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win & 2 nominations moreUser Comments:
strange elements effortlessly weaved together moreCast
(Credited cast)| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Yosuke Sasano | |
| Misa Shimizu | ... | Saeko Aizawa | |
| Mitsuko Baisho | ... | Mitsu Aizawa | |
| Mansaku Fuwa | ... | Gen | |
| Isao Natsuyagi | ... | Masayuki Uomi | |
| Yukiya Kitamura | ... | Shintaro Uomi | |
| Hijiri Kojima | ... | Mika Tagami | |
| Toshie Negishi | ... | Tomoko Sasano | |
| Sumiko Sakamoto | ... | Masako Yamada | |
| Gadarukanaru Taka | ... | Taizo Tachibana | |
| Mickey Curtis | ... | Nobuyuki Ohnishi | |
| Takao Yamada | ... | Kazuo Namamura | |
| Katsuo Nakamura | ... | Takao Yamada | |
| Kazuo Kitamura | ... | Taro |
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De l'eau tiède sous un pont rouge (France)Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (International: English title)
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Argentina:122 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | France:119 min | UK:119 minLanguage:
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South Korea:18 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:R-15 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud)FAQ
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Imamura does here what Neil Jordan does in Crying Game; he takes two seemingly incongruous elements, fetishistic sexual obsession and contemporary socio-political malaise, and weaves them effortlessly together. Imamura's rigorously geometric framing contrasts with the feathery- light content of the tale. Having said that, there are some gritty moments here; a drowning born of insanity is rendered in stark black-and-white, and the social plight of Japan's cast-aside middle-aged salarymen is emblematically captured in Yakusho's performance. However, at heart this is a fun movie that surprises and delights. It is all about the mise-en-scene, perfectly delivered each time by Imamura and the principles. The film does flag at the end; it felt like they opted to go for melodrama purely because the allotted time was running out. The previous two acts make up for that third-act missed beat. One gripe is that the edition I bought had no Extras apart from the theatrical trailer. I would have liked a Making Of to confirm my suspicion that this film was as much fun to make as it is to watch. It must have been murder for cast and crew to keep a straight face during those venting scenes...