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Our Family

Original title: Bokutachi no kazoku
  • 2014
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Our Family (2014)
Drama

A family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.A family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.A family drama about a family's struggles as their mother's impending death when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor brings to light financial burdens that need to be shouldered by her sons.

  • Director
    • Yûya Ishii
  • Writer
    • Kazumasa Hayami
  • Stars
    • Satoshi Tsumabuki
    • Kyôzô Nagatsuka
    • Sôsuke Ikematsu
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
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    • Director
      • Yûya Ishii
    • Writer
      • Kazumasa Hayami
    • Stars
      • Satoshi Tsumabuki
      • Kyôzô Nagatsuka
      • Sôsuke Ikematsu
    • 2User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 1 nomination

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    Satoshi Tsumabuki
    Satoshi Tsumabuki
    Kyôzô Nagatsuka
    Sôsuke Ikematsu
    Sôsuke Ikematsu
      Mieko Harada
      Mieko Harada
      Mei Kurokawa
        Shingo Tsurumi
        Yuka Itaya
        Mikako Ichikawa
        Yûsuke Santamaria
        Yûsuke Santamaria
        • Director
          • Yûya Ishii
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          • Kazumasa Hayami
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        3/10
        A Throw Back to Dull Family Films of the Past.
        Viewed at CineMatsuri 2015. Japan Academy Award winning Director Yuya Ishii disappoints with a film that is contrived, circular, and boring. It lacks chemistry between on-screen characters and character resonance with the viewer. The story essentially ends up were it began (a modern Japanese family facing typical semi-irresolvable issues). Then there is the hard-to-swallow plot device using an initial medical diagnosis of brain cancer with a life expectancy of one week (!) for the mother (who is fully mobile, depressed, and has occasional memory lapses). The Director shamelessly milks this initial medical diagnosis for all it is worth including extensive padding with many slow and boring "character-building" scenes. There is much telegraphing to minimize surprises (unrepaired car body damage = family financial strife; MD saying future tests are needed to possibly revise the initial diagnosis = contrived Hollywood happy ending; etc.). The mother is played by veteran actress, Mieko Harada, who delivers the best (but disconnected) lines in the script--sort of like a stand-up comedian (but, this time, sitting/lying down)! That said, Director Ishii seems to be making some medical reality statements including: (1) if you are seriously sick, the nearest physician and hospital may not be the best ones; (2) your family needs to rapidly get smart on your disease and its treatment; (3) always get many second opinions; and (4) the medial safety net in Japan is essentially nonexistent. (If you live in the USA, bet all/most of this is familiar, unfortunately.) Back acting (where line delivery is photographed from behind or the side) is used during the final scene. Cinematography (1.78 aspect ratio, color), lighting, and set decoration are okay. Sound production is fine. Music is undistinguished. Subtitles are close enough to line readings, but only above-the-line names are translated in the credits (which seems to be an insult--perhaps not intended--to the many others who contributed to the making of this film). There was no audience applause after the film ended. Dead silence. WILLIAM FLANIGAN, PhD.
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        • Release date
          • May 24, 2014 (Japan)
        • Country of origin
          • Japan
        • Language
          • Japanese
        • Also known as
          • 我們家
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          • $20,014
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          1 hour 57 minutes
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          • Color
        • Sound mix
          • Dolby Digital
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.85 : 1

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