Lear on the Shore

Name: Umibe no Ria
Genre: Drama
Released: 2017-06-03
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Mieko Harada, Kaoru Kobayashi

Original title: Umibe no Ria

2017
1h 45m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Drama

Chokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. His daughter and the men in her life go against his wishes and place him in a retirement home. He s... Read allChokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. His daughter and the men in her life go against his wishes and place him in a retirement home. He slips away one day and meets another offspring from a different union. Will this lead to hi... Read allChokichi Kuwahata was once a leading actor, but he is ravaged by dementia and old age now. His daughter and the men in her life go against his wishes and place him in a retirement home. He slips away one day and meets another offspring from a different union. Will this lead to his improvement or deterioration? What does it all have to do with Shakespeare?

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

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Director
- Masahiro Kobayashi
Writer
- Masahiro Kobayashi
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7Jeremy_Urquhart

A baffling and somewhat intriguing watch; worth checking out for Tatsuya Nakadai

Lear on the Shore is unique for feeling like a stage play yet taking place entirely outdoors. Usually, stagey movies (both good and bad) take place indoors, so that's something disarming and surprising about this film. Most of it really does take place on that titular beach, with plenty of wide shots, long takes, and extended scenes of dialogue that did give it that feeling of being like watching theatre.

I think it kind of worked, but most of my enjoyment did come from watching Tatsuya Nakadai do his stuff, which is always a treat. Even in his 80s here, he's still got it, and when the film goes in for a close-up (it doesn't happen much here, perhaps like the similarly wide shot-heavy Kurosawa take on King Lear, Ran... also with Nakadai), it's very impactful.