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11 December 2004 (Japan) morePlot:
After a tragic car accident where his girlfriend Ryôko Ooyama (Nami Tsukamoto) died, Hiroshi Takagi... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
odd contemplation of life and death more (20 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Tadanobu Asano | ... | Hiroshi Takagi |
| Nami Tsukamoto | ... | Ryôko Ooyama |
| Kiki | ... | Ikumi |
| Kazuyoshi Kushida | ... | Hiroshi's father |
| Lily | ... | Hiroshi's mother |
| Hana Kino | ... | Mrs. Ooyama, Ryôko's mother |
| Gô Rijû | ... | Dr. Nakai |
| Jun Kunimura | ... | Mr. Ooyama, Ryôko's father |
| Ittoku Kishibe | ... | Dr. Kashiwabuchi |
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| Masato Tsujioka | ||
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Rated R for some aberrant sexual behavior, disturbing images and brief language.Parents Guide:
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Ireland:18 | Germany:16 | Argentina:13 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | UK:18FAQ
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I think whoever listed this as a "thriller" was going by the plot description rather than the actual film, in which an amnesiac medical student spends several months dissecting his ex-girlfriend at the University. The student is taciturn, is followed around by another, infatuated medical student, and because to have memories of his ex. And that's pretty much the movie. It is deliberately paced and at times purposely opaque.
The director has at times a film students fondness for meaningless composition, notably in an early scene in which the students parents stand perfectly still and converse. This sort of statues-holding-deadpan-conversations work well in Hal Hartley movies, but they feel a bit pretentious without Hartley's humor. The opening jittery camera-work also seems like something a film student would do. This sort of thing put me off, but the movie did generally keep my interest, becoming slightly more involving and less pretentious as it progressed, and in the end I feel okay about sitting through it, although I can't say I'd give it a strong recommendation.