| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (116 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Issey Takahashi, Masahiro Higashide, Minosuke Hyunri, Ryota Bando, Yû Aoi, Yuri Tsunematsu |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 2021. |
| Summary |
Master filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, Cure, Tokyo Sonata) won the Silver Lion (Best Director) at the **Venice Film Festival** for this riveting, gorgeously crafted, old-school Hitchockian thriller shot in stunning 8K. The year is 1940 in Kobe, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. Local merchant and amateur filmmaker Yusaku (Issey Takahashi, Kill Bill) senses that things are headed in an unsettling direction. Following a trip to Manchuria, he becomes determined to bring to light the things he witnessed there, and secretly filmed. Meanwhile, his wife Satoko (Japan Society’s 2021 Honoree Yû Aoi) receives a visit from her childhood friend, now a military policeman. He warns her about Yusaku’s seditious ways and reveals that a woman her husband brought back from his trip has died. Satoko confronts Yusaku, but when she discovers his true intentions, she is torn between loyalty to her husband, the life they have built, and the country they call home. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
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Historical drama.
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Foreign films.
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Drama.
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War films.
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Motion pictures.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kurosawa, Kiyoshi, film director.
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Takahashi, Issey, actor.
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Higashide, Masahiro, actor.
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Hyunri, Minosuke, actor.
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Bando, Ryota, actor.
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Aoi, Yû, actor.
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Tsunematsu, Yuri, actor.
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Kino Lorber (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
12773051 Kanopy |
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