Kaza-hana (2000)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 116 minuten
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Shinji Sômai
Stars: Kyoko Koizumi, Chōei Takahashi and Tadanobu Asano
IMDb score:
6,8 (394)
Releasedate: 14 September 2000
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Kaza-hana plot
When Renji drinks too much one day, he wakes up the next day under a tree, next to him is Yuriko, they don't know each other, but they click immediately and they go on a trip to Hokkaido, Yuriko's birthplace. Yuriko is not allowed to see her daughter and Renji is fired from his job, they decide to go into the mountains and eventually they get lost.
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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- 87634 messages
- 12914 votes
Nice review.
It strikes me that these kinds of dramas are not often made in Japan anymore. Slightly more uncomfortable characters, the somewhat colder stylization, but also time and space for some warmth and a few dreamy moments. I like it.
This was Somai's last, kind of weird that I never went after his movies again. Maybe it's also because I have the feeling that he follows more of a style here than that it really is his own stamp, something I also had a bit with his earlier films.
But that doesn't matter much if you have an Asano in the lead, are presented with a pleasantly rippling drama and can close the film after two hours with a satisfied feeling. Not exactly a game changer, but an underexposed gem.
4.0* and a extended review
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