Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Japanese Story
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: *1*
- Commentary: The above comment in the "Mentions" pretty much says it all, from which I'll take the liberty of quoting: Last night, Mom rearose as I was about 10 minutes into watching Japanese Story. This is one of those movies I rented, when it first came out on DVD, strictly on the strength of Toni Collette being in the cast. I fell so in love with the movie that I have continued to think of it since. Mom didn't watch it at that time. When I ran across a barely used (probably only watched once), cheap copy of it some days ago when turning in movies for credit at my favorite get-rid-of-DVDs-you-don't-want place, I snatched it using some of my accumulated credit. When Mom joined me last night, I told her what I was doing and restarted the movie. Although she expressed interest, I expected that at a point after about 15 minutes of watching the movie she'd become bored and I'd stop it for viewing at another alone-time. I was wrong. She was riveted, too. When the movie ended, she surprised me by saying, as the credits rolled, "I really enjoyed that! Let's buy that movie. I'd like to see it again."
We discussed it, mostly the landscape, about which Mom commented, more than a few times during the movie, "Where is this? Australia? We should move to Australia," despite me reminding her that we probably couldn't live in the environments shown in the movie with which she particularly fell in love [You can take the woman out of the desert, I guess, but you can't take the desert out of the woman]; and about the subtle appreciation that grew between the main characters (the wife of the businessman included, even though she appears only in the last quarter of the movie), despite their extreme cultural differences.
At one point I mentioned something about my reaction when I first saw the movie.
"You've seen this movie? Why don't I remember seeing it?"
"You didn't see it the first time, Mom. I wasn't sure you'd like it."
"Well, from now on, check with me before you decide what you think I'd like."
Yes m'am!
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Toni Collette Sandy Edwards Gotaro Tsunashima Hiromitsu Tachibana Matthew Dyktynski Bill Baird Lynette Curran Mum Yumiko Tanaka Yukiko Tachibana Kate Atkinson Jackie Bill Young Jimmy Smithers Reg Evans Bloke in a Boat
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2003
Directed by Sue Brooks.
Labels: drama9, dream1, female-director2, me-favorite2, toni-collette
