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M/Other

  • 1999
  • 2h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
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Tomokazu Miura, Ryudai Takahashi, and Makiko Watanabe in M/Other (1999)
Drama

Tetsuro is living with his young girlfriend Aki in a pleasant house in Tokyo. They both spend a lot of time at their jobs. However their routine is upset when Tetsuro brings his 8 year old s... Read allTetsuro is living with his young girlfriend Aki in a pleasant house in Tokyo. They both spend a lot of time at their jobs. However their routine is upset when Tetsuro brings his 8 year old son Shun to live with them, while his ex-wife recovers from a car accident. Aki is annoyed ... Read allTetsuro is living with his young girlfriend Aki in a pleasant house in Tokyo. They both spend a lot of time at their jobs. However their routine is upset when Tetsuro brings his 8 year old son Shun to live with them, while his ex-wife recovers from a car accident. Aki is annoyed because she was not asked, and she knows that she will have to do the bulk of the work in ... Read all

  • Director
    • Nobuhiro Suwa
  • Writers
    • Tomokazu Miura
    • Nobuhiro Suwa
    • Makiko Watanabe
  • Stars
    • Tomokazu Miura
    • Makiko Watanabe
    • Ryudai Takahashi
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    437
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Nobuhiro Suwa
    • Writers
      • Tomokazu Miura
      • Nobuhiro Suwa
      • Makiko Watanabe
    • Stars
      • Tomokazu Miura
      • Makiko Watanabe
      • Ryudai Takahashi
    • 2User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 2 nominations total

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    Tomokazu Miura
    Tomokazu Miura
    • Tetsuro
    Makiko Watanabe
    Makiko Watanabe
    • Aki
    Ryudai Takahashi
    • Shun
    Hiroo Fuseya
    • Real estate agent
    • Director
      • Nobuhiro Suwa
    • Writers
      • Tomokazu Miura
      • Nobuhiro Suwa
      • Makiko Watanabe
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    10sitenoise

    Suwa's follow up to the marvelous 2/Duo

    Another mostly improvised, watching-paint-dry indie flick. This one is a little more mature in content and character. Makiko Watanabe is wonderful as a young woman shacked up with an older guy who brings his eight year old son to live with them while his wife recuperates from a car accident. At first she resents the idea, mostly because she wasn't consulted about it and knows that she will be saddled with most of the chores involved in it, but comes to like the role and is conflicted when it's coming to an end. Competing, confused emotions and transformation of character are observed, and executed, at a very high level.
    10FBrinca

    One of the best film of 1999 Cannes Film Festival

    I had the chance to see M/Other at the 1999 Cannes International Film Festival and it was clearly the best film I saw there. The plot is extremely simple, the film-making is extremely sober but I never saw a couples intimacy so well pictured. It's moving, beautiful, it's a clear 10/10.

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      Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2000 (#06)

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    • Release date
      • October 23, 1999 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • M/OTHER
    • Production companies
      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Bitters End
      • Suncent CinemaWorks
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      2 hours 27 minutes
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