Gûzen to sôzô

2021
2h 1m

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7.5/10

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An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectori... Read allAn unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction trap and an encounter that results from a misunderstanding, told in three movements to depict three female characters and trace the trajectories between their choices and regrets.

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Awards
- 9 wins & 23 nominations

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Fusako Urabe and Aoba Kawai in Gûzen to sôzô (2021)

Hyunri and Ayumu Nakajima in Gûzen to sôzô (2021)

Kotone Furukawa, Hyunri, and Ayumu Nakajima in Gûzen to sôzô (2021)

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Trivia
The three stories were actually designed as the three of a group of seven stories, which have all been written already. The first two were shot in late 2019, and the third one was shot in July 2020, in the midst of the long break in the shooting of Drive My Car (2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Goofs
In one of the first shots, the photographer and the models review the pictures taken on a laptop. At the right of the screen, a pedestrian can be seen walking on the sidewalk towards the characters, and she suddenly stops and stares off screen, probably at a crew member telling her to act natural or move along.

Connections
Featured in Radio Dolin: Why is 2021 - The Year of Woman Film Directors? bonus: Tarantino and Yankovsky (2021)

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9/10

One in a Hundred, a Must See

Clearly, this movie polarises viewers. For me, way better than same director's Drive My Car. As good as Burning, American Honey, Stuff and Dough, or Our Time, a few of my benchmarks for 21st century cinema.

The original Japanese title, which translates as Coincidence and Imagination, is much more apt than the clunky English title.

To illustrate his theme, the director writes the most utterly brilliant dialogue, which is sort of like 3D scrabble on steroids.

For all of that, it still needs the wonderful third reel, where the coincidences coalesce into genuine insight and wisdom, of the sort that can reduce you to sudden tears in a darkened cinema.

Hamaguchi-san, you are an ornament, go to the top of the class. I reckon the old masterful deceiver, Bunuel, will be smiling down upon you.

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