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Himizu

  • 2011
  • 2h 9m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
5K
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Himizu (2011)
CrimeDramaMysteryThriller

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

  • Director
    • Sion Sono
  • Writers
    • Minoru Furuya
    • Sion Sono
  • Stars
    • Shôta Sometani
    • Fumi Nikaidô
    • Tetsu Watanabe
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    5K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sion Sono
    • Writers
      • Minoru Furuya
      • Sion Sono
    • Stars
      • Shôta Sometani
      • Fumi Nikaidô
      • Tetsu Watanabe
    • 17User reviews
    • 71Critic reviews
    • 66Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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    Shôta Sometani
    Shôta Sometani
    • Yuichi
    Fumi Nikaidô
    Fumi Nikaidô
    • Keiko
    Tetsu Watanabe
    Tetsu Watanabe
    • Shozo
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    Mitsuru Fukikoshi
    • Keita tamura
    Megumi Kagurazaka
    Megumi Kagurazaka
    • Keiko tamura
    Ken Mitsuishi
    • Sumida's father
    Makiko Watanabe
    Makiko Watanabe
    • Sumida's mother
    Asuka Kurosawa
    Denden
    Denden
    • Kaneko
    Jun Murakami
    Jun Murakami
    • Tanimura
    Yôsuke Kubozuka
    Yôsuke Kubozuka
    • Teruhiko
    Yuriko Yoshitaka
    • Miki
    Takahiro Nishijima
    • You
    Anne Suzuki
    Anne Suzuki
    • Waitress
    Moto Fuyuki
    • Tetsu
    Yûko Genkaku
    Keisuke Horibe
    Keisuke Horibe
    Yoshino Imamura
    • Director
      • Sion Sono
    • Writers
      • Minoru Furuya
      • Sion Sono
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    • Trivia
      The Sumida Boathouse was not an existing boathouse. It was constructed especially for the film. The shack in the middle of the lake was also constructed for the film.
    • Connections
      Referenced in At the Movies: Venice Film Festival 2011 (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Adagio For Strings
      Composed by Samuel Barber

    User reviews17

    Featured review
    9/10

    Sono or Kim

    For those who have watched Ki-Duk Kim's Address Unknown, wild animals, bad guy or others, this Himizu could fit in that series of films. Personally, as I just mentioned, I find this movie highly influenced by Ki-Duk Kim's style in the first hour and then by Fyodor Dostoyevsky's classic novel: Crime and Punishment in the second hour, with the girl encouraging the boy to turn himself in. This mixture between the korean director and the classic Russian novel makes a superb drama that can please both sono & Kim's fans. I also find Sono away from his classic films such as Suicide Club, Noriko's Dinner Table, Coldfish, Strange Circus, etc. In Himizu there's the tendency to a drama more than a bizarre film like the classic ones of this director, yet a superb one.
    • DrMabuse39
    • Oct 9, 2012
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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2012 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Themis
    • Production companies
      • Gaga
      • Himizu Film Partners
      • Kôdansha
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,234,841
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 9 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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