A man keeps killing his wife and burying her in the woods, but she keeps coming back furiously waiting for him to return. The ubiquitous tadanobu asano introduces the film, playing a man who has apparently just murdered his lovely wife reika. The ubiquitous tadanobu asano introduces the film, playing a man who has. Sekiguchi exudes a rare sense of confidence for a firsttime director, and i can imagine that. Rinko kikuchi, kikuchi rinko born yuriko kikuchi, kikuchi yuriko january 6, 1981 is a japanese actress. The movie is very fast paced, jumping around from each of the five main characters, with each character having their own unique story. It had possibly its biggest success at the fantasia festival in canada in july 2005, wherein it beat many live action films to win all three of the festivals own jury awards it qualified for. She was the first japanese actress to be nominated for an academy award in 50 years, for her work in babel 2006. Alicein wonderland themed flat complete with giant stuffed rabbit.
It stars tadanobu asano, kyoko koizumi, reika hashimoto, jai west. Ishigaki tadanobu asano yoko, commercial planner kyoko koizumi tiger aoyama, hypnotist hiroshi abe. The plot meanders all over the place, but there is a method to its madness. A journey into the swamps of sweden full documentary english hd 2020. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Full of hitmen and hypnotists, murdered spouses who spring back to life, and a trio. Anderson with the strange turned up a notch, director sekiguchi and writer tada spend a half hour introducing five sets of characters before bumping their stories against each other in ways that may not always be unpredictable, but. A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead.
Never once does it veer into the no mans land of weirdness for the sake of weirdness. They eventually become intertwined making the outcome irrational. The translator who works with him completes each funny scenario as jones. Simply put, this film is a schizophrenic experience. Directed by gen sekiguchi writing credits taku tada produced by hiroyuki taniguchi, ryoichi fukuyama music by james shimoji cinematography by makoto shiguma film editing by gen sekiguchi, taku tada. The 2005 edition of fantasia was concentrated into 19 days, compared to the 25 days of 2004, but still attracted 75 000 cinephiles, which represented a proportional increase in attendance of nearly 20%. Being a japanese film this movie has the trademark japanese type humor, so if you are into.
Its a movie that is completely fun to watch, even if you dislike foreign films. Relaxing harp music peaceful birds sounds, stress relief music forest light duration. It also received an additional special award for visual. At times, the movie feels like monty python with a hint of fight club and national lampoons vacation series.