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Mizu no onna

  • 20022002
  • 1h 55m
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Tadanobu Asano and Ua in Mizu no onna (2002)
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Ryo personifies water, since whenever something important happens in her life, it rains. She inherits a bathhouse and meets a pyromaniac named Yusaku; and their confrontation leads to an ine... Read allRyo personifies water, since whenever something important happens in her life, it rains. She inherits a bathhouse and meets a pyromaniac named Yusaku; and their confrontation leads to an inevitable union.Ryo personifies water, since whenever something important happens in her life, it rains. She inherits a bathhouse and meets a pyromaniac named Yusaku; and their confrontation leads to an inevitable union.
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    • Director
      • Hidenori Sugimori
    • Writer
      • Hidenori Sugimori
    • Stars
      • Ua
      • Tadanobu Asano
      • Hikaru
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    • Director
      • Hidenori Sugimori
    • Writer
      • Hidenori Sugimori
    • Stars
      • Ua
      • Tadanobu Asano
      • Hikaru
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    • 8User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Ua
    • Ryo
    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • Yusaku
    Hikaru
    • Yukino
    Yutaka Enatsu
    • Tadao Shimizu
    Ryûichi Ôura
    • Yoshio
    Mayumi Ogawa
    Mayumi Ogawa
    • Midori
    Yuki
    • Satoko
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    10/10
    Elegant, visually powerful, but still a near-miss
    She's water, he's fire, and if you expect to get more plot than this, forget it. This is very much a character and atmosphere piece, and the story that comes

    together around Hidenori Sugimori's astounding visuals is powerful and well

    told, without the typical (and western) dramatic elements that drive a narrative forward. The climatic scenes here are about texture, not tension.

    I loved this film and felt it to be in the same strong but under-appreciated

    showings of, say, Terrence Malick and David Gordon Green--filmmakers that

    know something about light and sound and the importance of these to good

    cinematic story telling. We should expect more from visual narrative, and Mizu No Onna doesn't disappoint; still, there's something missing here that takes

    away from the elegance that might have been more fully achieved. I think it's in the attempt to find a beginning, middle and end to a story which should have

    built quietly to an emotional intensity, then broke off, as happens in life.

    Closure is a western psychological requirement (why denouement?); life is seldom so

    neat. In trying to give too much mythic and story significance to its characters, the film undoes its own beautifully told story. The symbols of the Elements (fire, water) are everywhere, and they're not always given to us poetically. We're hit over the head with them, and more: we're given a village idiot, who will, in the best narrative tradition, foretell or undo; a strange demi-god. There's no need for any of this, especially since the visuals and sound do such a good job at giving over the story. Still, this is a powerful and successful effort.

    Special mention goes to Yoko Kanno whose classically-drawn score completes

    the powerful sight and sound experience.
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    • Release date
      • May 4, 2005 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Woman of Water
    • Production companies
      • Artist Film
      • Nikkatsu
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      1 hour 55 minutes
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