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Ohikkoshi

  • 1993
  • 2h 5m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Tomoko Tabata in Ohikkoshi (1993)
Drama

Renko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renk... Read allRenko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get he... Read allRenko, a girl in the sixth grade, is at first unperturbed by her parents' decision to separate. With the companionship of her boyfriend, Minoru, and Sally, a classmate in the same boat, Renko gradually realises the practical implications of divorce, and tries repeatedly to get her parents to reconcile. An old man teaches her about the need to forget the past...

  • Director
    • Shinji Sômai
  • Writers
    • Satoshi Okonogi
    • Satoko Okudera
    • Hiko Tanaka
  • Stars
    • Kiichi Nakai
    • Junko Sakurada
    • Tomoko Tabata
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    493
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Shinji Sômai
    • Writers
      • Satoshi Okonogi
      • Satoko Okudera
      • Hiko Tanaka
    • Stars
      • Kiichi Nakai
      • Junko Sakurada
      • Tomoko Tabata
    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 1 nomination

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    Kiichi Nakai
    Kiichi Nakai
    • Kenichi Urushiba
    Junko Sakurada
    • Nazuna Urushiba
    Tomoko Tabata
    • Renko Urushiba
    Mariko Sudo
    • Wakako Takano
    Taro Tanaka
    • Yukio Nunobiki
    Ippei Shigeyama
    • Minoru Oki
    Nagiko Tôno
    • Risa Tachibana
    • (as Akimi Aoki)
    Konami Nakai
    Tooru Gômori
    Tatsuhei Shôfukutei
    Ginpei Shôfukutei
    Bingo Shôfukutei
    Heiji Shôfukutei
    Hideki Hanaoka
    Tomonori Aoyama
    Maika Aoji
    Mitsuya Oku
    Shôko Oishi
    • Director
      • Shinji Sômai
    • Writers
      • Satoshi Okonogi
      • Satoko Okudera
      • Hiko Tanaka
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    8/10
    Painful
    This is like a hunter's trap ensnaring you with pain and suddenly you are stuck. One of the more brutal films I have seen. Unlike Somai's other works there are not any joyous peaks to balance the brutality, presenting a picture of maybe where those films came from. I was at first waiting for fun scenes, so it threw me off. I wouldn't say it is a downer. It is just far more truth than you will ever see in a film. The mom hates being a mom, doesn't like her daughter, is in an apathetic state. The best you can say is she offers her a sober unfiltered reality. The dad isn't any better. He's perplexed by her. They are not hateful or entirely unsympathetic. They are very low key and she is high key. She wants to be Somai's Tokyo Heaven or Sailor Suit protagonist. Instead she is given the disappointment of reality. She goes running off and wandering across nature. It becomes this Freudian dream machine. I think in those bits the film indulges too much, however with that said, it is functional and necessary. In film you go to nature as either a happy ending, or here, for hardship, enlightenment, renewal. It is presenting her rock bottom moment coming out the other end stronger, and mom is there waiting; not the 'what if' but the 'what is'. But the film accomplished something only the most vital works of cinema are able, it is impossible to watch this and your mind not go to a hundred places in your memories. It has countless scenes and vignettes that burn in the brain. Viewing Somai's body of work I can see this as one of his most crucial pieces, even though I do not have to be happy about that. I noticed from the start he is an artist who constantly tries to top himself and bring more for the audience than last time out.
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    • Release date
      • March 20, 1993 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Moving
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
    • Production companies
      • Argo Pictures
      • Yomiuri Television
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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