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Yuki Uchida, Kankurô Kudô, Yû Aoi, Ryô, Yûko Nakamura
A troubled woman must confront the madness in others in this offbeat Japanese comedy-drama. Asuka Sakura (Yuki Uchida) is a writer who has enjoyed some success as a magazine reporter, but the stress a...( read more
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2007 marked the return to the big screen of ex-model, ex-singer, no longer ex-actress, drop dead gorgeous Yuki Uchida. I can't really give her high marks as a thespian, but ... good lord, the woman's got Ivory Soap charm and the beauty to back it up. And not to sound superficial ...( read more)
Bizarre, funny, sometimes melancholic and touching and sometimes crazy comedy, but without even remotely falling down to dumb slapstick - full of different characters, moods and impressions, it's like a bunch of flowers. Loved it.
Matsuos Welcome to the Quiet Room is a great comedy and a touching drama all at once. I loved the atmosphere, the oddness of some scenes, the colorful details and the variety of cranky characters. Don't miss this one!
A show cast of great performances from some of Japan's most populate and talented artists. The bizarre world inside a mental clinic is in fact no more strange and at times more loveable than the one outside.
This film is both very funny and very sad. It is well done and entertaining. Well this film is proof to me that you can still make good movies without any special effects and with mostly just a good script and ideas :)
