Though its kind of a film about settling, and not the most uplifting or positive message, it is realistic and there is niceness to it. This is the lightly screwball tale of how young sawako sympathetically played by impish hikari mitsushima blows her gasket. The stylish helmets is not about telling you to wear a helmet. Sawako decides cleans up at fantasia film fest indiewire. Among the additions to this volume are indepth treatments of two previously. With hikari mitsushima, kotaro shiga, ryo iwamatsu, kira aihara. Sawako decides or perhaps it is really sake deciding. Sawako decides kawa no soko kara konnichi wa region 2. G and coproduced and presented by the japan association of music enterprises jame.
Yuya ishiis sawako decides was the big winner at the 14th fantasia film festival which took place from july 8 28 in montreal, quebec. Decides marked ishiis first foray into semimainstream cinema. Because when you do, you feel capablea confidence that is not rooted in fear, but based on fashion, style and beauty. Whimsical, offbeat and upending, mitsuko delivers could be described as a japanese amelie, but it has a peculiar charm all of its own. Ver pelicula sawako decides en espanol gratis 2010. The style isnt particularly plain, but it isnt anything to write about, either. Featuring the comic charms of acclaimed actor hikari mitsushima, sawako decides is a perfectly paced gem of a film. The slightly absurdist japanese style means that the film is very much an acquired taste, likely to baffle as many as it might amuse. Sawako decides premiered at tokyo at the pia film festival in 2009. This is a hilarious and memorable introduction to our heroine sawako, a hapless young woman who literally and figuratively tries to remove all the crap in her system. Mitsuko delivers edges even closer in that direction through his employment of. Sawako tries to save her fathers ailing clampacking business, but its an uphill struggle, in yuya ishiis joyous, nuanced, comic drama.
One thing i didnt expect from sawako was the level of emotional engagement and attachment i found myself feeling for the film and its characters. Proroctwa daniela film dokumentalny chomikuj toby z monachium oczarowuje wszystkie pokolenia. Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa sawako decides berlinale. If sawako decides were a traditional film or an american one sawako would return home and learn to triumph over all of the adversity in her path as well as find a wonderful boyfriend. Back home in japan, ishii won the pia film festival grand prix in 2007 for mukidashi nippon bareassed japan and followed up with the megahit sawako decides. The tokyo night sky is always the densest shade of blue is directed by yuya ishii, who also directed sawako decides in 2010. Rather than happy she is resigned to her fate, devoid of all dreams. Hikari mitsushima masashi endo kira aihara ryo iwamatsu kotaro shiga running time. Sawako decides begins with hikari mitsushima getting her colon cleansed. The 20 best japanese movies of the 21st century taste of. The film that established peter weir as a major filmmaker remains one of the most chillingly atmospheric and beautifully enigmatic films ever made.
Nevertheless, during the traditional summer blockbuster season, something as lowkey as sawako decides is rather welcome. Alas, sawako s ordeals look set to continue as she takes over her fathers clam processing company. With her father taken ill and his clam processing business going bellyup, sawako leaves behind her humiliating job in tokyo to move back to her rural hometown. But kenichi, who had actually quit his job shortly before sawako, uses this opportunity to come along with sawako to her hometown with his daughter in tow. We want you to want to cycle because of our product. Sawako decides japan foundation touring film programme. Although it may seem so on its surface, this is not a movie about the morally corrupt city vs. The film was released on february 22, 2014 in japan and north america on march 22, 2014 in new york international childrens film festival. It kicks off with a colonic irrigation, perhaps one of the more striking moments in a film that aims for quirkcachet yet somehow winds up in that. This latest film stands out both for its imaginative cinematography by yoichi kamakari and for the unusual source of its dialogue the poetry of tahi saihate. After 5 years in tokyo, 5 parttime jobs, 5 boyfriends, sawakos life is.
Colorful legendado assistir completo dublado portugues. Yuya ishii, at only 28 years old and with sawako decides, his 6th film, is a major new voice of the younger generation in japan. Hirosue ryoko plays the role of uno sawako, a plucky single mother of 3 boys. A strange, quirky film with a moral that one would think the japanese might accept more readily than the british. Refining his immaculate comic timing, and intuitive understanding of what makes his young, often female, protagonists tick, ishii demonstrates a real affinity for absurdist comedy rooted firmly in the realities of everyday life. After 5 years in tokyo, 5 parttime jobs, 5 boyfriends, sawako s life is going nowhere.
Forum kawa no soko kara konnichi wa sawako decides. Sawako is left to bring up their 3 sons by herself, with the help of her grandmother. Sawako decides is a 2009 japanese comedydrama film directed by yuya ishii. Building on and bringing up to date the material presented in the first installment of directory of world cinema. Yuya ishii is the wunderkind of japanese indie cinema, but in sawako he abandons fancy art house conceits and makes a real movie about real people. Japan, this volume continues the exploration of the enduring classics, cult favorites, and contemporary blockbusters of japanese cinema with new contributions from leading critics and film scholars. There is a reason why sawako would rather not go back home so easily, but she reluctantly decides to return at kenichis insistence. Yuya ishii who also made the wonderful sawako decides, gets fine. After 5 years in tokyo, 5 parttime jobs, 5 boyfriends, sawakos life is going nowhere. Due to her personality, fearing that she will be the ruin of him, sawako s husband takes off and abandons her and their 3 boys. They say three is the magic number, but its the number five that has caused sawako hikari mitsushima to take stock of her life.
This film shows how isolation can be a big issue among city people, and important relationships can be tough and confusing. As the film gets deeper, we see both pairs of women became close friends, both akiyo and satoko and toko and chihiro, and their desires of getting married or finding love become less important. Along the way, sawako decides what to do with her life. Thankfully, hikari mitsushima steps up to bat in making sawako decides more than a merely worthwhile film. Mitsuko delivers and ishiis earlier film sawako decides are such great companion pieces, mitsuko delvers might not have the same emotional drive as sawako decides but it is still every bit as funny.
The film is dominated by an irrepressible heroine, classified as a loser dog in japan, and it celebrates her stoic struggles to overcome social rejection, love and financial woes with wry humor. Sawako decides is a comedic drama with much of its humour coming from the dialogue, such as this line spoken by kayoko at a zoo. What separates the two is bongs stylistic flair, which judging by this film is something that ishii hasnt fully developed yet. With another outstanding performance by hikari mitsushima love exposure writerdirector yuya ishii creates a likable comedy for all of us that are lowermiddling. Entering its th year, the new york asian film festival is no longer a. Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa north american premiere thursday, july 1, 6. Its about empowering you to make choices and stay true to yourself. Theres still a chance to get tickets for the premiere of underwater love a pink musical, featuring a performance by the frenchgerman duo stereo total, who provided the soundtrack to the film, on 16 october. Sawako decides is a colourful comedy with an undercurrent of pathos.
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