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Pikunikku

  • 19961996
  • 1h 8m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Pikunikku (1996)
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Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a p... Read allBelieving that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2K
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    • Shunji Iwai
    • Shunji Iwai
  • Stars
    • Chara
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Koichi Hashizume
    • Shunji Iwai
    • Shunji Iwai
  • Stars
    • Chara
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Koichi Hashizume
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    • 14User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Chara
    • Coco
    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • Tsumuji
    Koichi Hashizume
    • Satoru
    Naomasa Musaka
    • Head Nurse
    Fujiko Yamamoto
    • Nurse
    Shifumi Yamaguichi
    • Coco's Mother
    Takaaki Kabuto
    • Coco's Father
    Kazue Itô
    • Doctor
    Keiichi Suzuki
    • Pastor
    Sumi Mutoh
    • Nurse
    Rina Hoshino
    Rina Hoshino
    • Girl on the Billboard
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      • Shunji Iwai
      • Shunji Iwai
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      Chara and Tadanobu Asano met while filming this film and married the same year. The two had an amicable divorce in 2009 after fourteen years of marriage.

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    10/10
    Iwai Shunji's best short film
    This work by Iwai Shunji shows the strengths of the short film genre. Valuing atmosphere and cinematics as much as plot, it avoids the trap many primarily visual movies fall into by being just the right length to catch and hold the viewer's attention. Iwai is at his best here, showing his Christopher Doyle influences (and, thankfully, not his earlier TV-directing influences). He has also managed once again to pull exemplary performances from the cast.

    The story itself follows three psychologically disturbed people who leave their institution on a misdirected quest. Beyond that it is difficult to avoid saying too much, as, after all, this is a short film and hence has an appropriately short script.

    While Iwai Shunji's earlier works lie among the dregs of Japanese cinematography, Picnic (as well as Swallowtail) should elevate him to the status of one of Japan's best modern directors. One can only hope that he can continue making works of this superb quality.
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    • Oct 5, 1999

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      • July 26, 1996 (United States)
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      • Fuji Television Network
      • Pony Canyon
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    • 1 hour 8 minutes
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