Ruang rak noi nid mahasan (2003)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Writers:

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang (writer)
Prabda Yoon (writer)

Release Date:

8 August 2003 (Thailand)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Plot:

A suicidal, obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian is forced to hide out with a pot-smoking Thai woman at her shabby beachside home.

Plot Keywords:

Japanese | Thai | Librarian | Thailand | Death

Awards:

7 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Tadanobu Asano	...	Kenji
Sinitta Boonyasak	...	Noi
Laila Boonyasak	...	Nid
Yutaka Matsushige	...	Yukio
Riki Takeuchi	...	Takashi
Takashi Miike	...	Yakuza
Yoji Tanaka	...	Yakuza (as Yohji Tanaka)
Sakichi Satô	...	Yakuza
Thiti Rhumorn	...	Jon
Junko Nakazawa	...	Librarian
Akiko Anraku	...	Japanese Housewife
Nortioshi Urano	...	Salaryman
Phimchanok Nala Dube	...	Girl in Jon's Apartment
Ampon Rattanawong	...	Jon's Underling
Jakrarin Sanitti	...	Jon's Underling

Also Known As:

Chikyû de saigo no futari (Japan)
Last Life in the Universe (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexual content, language and drug use.

Runtime:

112 min | UK:109 min

Country:

Thailand | Japan

Language:

Thai | Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (cut version) | Germany:12 | Ireland:15 (IFCO) | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIB

Filming Locations:

Bangkok International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand

Company:

Bohemian Films

Trivia:

The actresses who play Nid and Noi are real sisters.

Movie Connections:

References Koroshiya 1 (2001)

Whimsical

there's something about this movie that makes me just want to break out in a big smile, and it has nothing to do with my thinking the lead actress is really pretty. the visual composition of this movie as with most movies by Christopher Doyle is amazing. you could stop the movie at any point and it would make an award winning photograph. Tadanobu Asano also displays in this movie why he is one of my favourite actors. his performances in this movie, ichi the killer and zatoichi should rate him as one of the best actors outside of Hollywood(not that that makes him worse than anyone there, and he should stay out of Hollywood but thats a totally different subject for another day). the film itself has a pretty simple storyline, but follows a rather similar tone to another movie that was released last year, lost in translation. personally i felt this movie was superior because it seemed less contrived and pretentious. plus the extra little storyline with the yakuza is fall-off-your-chair funny. with hints of wong kar wai this is a very refreshing movie that should help get back your faith that good movies can still be made on small budgets.