Vibrator (2003)

Director:

Ryuichi Hiroki

Writers:

Mari Akasaka (novel), Haruhiko Arai (screenplay)

Stars:

Shinobu Terajima, Nao Ômori, Riho Makise

22 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Shinobu Terajima	...	Rei Hayakawa
Nao Ômori	...	Takatoshi
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Riho Makise
Jun Murakami
Eugene Nomura
Miki Sakajou
Tomorowo Taguchi
Eriko Takayanagi
Masahiro Toda

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

trucker | watching tv | one word title | beating | food | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

4 March 2005 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Donitis

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Cine Quanon, Eisei Gekijo

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min 95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Don't waste your time

I made the mistake of being sucked in by glowing reviews and saw this film at the Philadelphia film festival a few days ago. It was apparently reviewed as THE BEST Japanese film of the year by a few Japanese film critics. Moreover the Philadelphia Film Festival review touted it as a "must see" for those interested in modern Japanese cinema. This movie was truly horrible. I'm foreign film fanatic and usually enjoy the relatively slow pace of most foreign films vis-a-vis the A.D.D-ness of Hollywood films, but this film was painful. Character development was nonexistent. There were minutes and minutes of filler scenes of a truck driving across Japan. The dialog was banal and the use of voice overs annoying. If this is the best that Japanese cinema has to offer (and I know it isn't!) this would be the last Japanese film I'd see ever. Horrible, horrible, horrible.