Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa (Sawako Decides) (2010)
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57% of critics liked it
(7 reviews) -
50% want to see it
(26 ratings)
Sawako leaves behind her humiliating job testing new toys in Tokyo to move back to her rural hometown. Her father is ill and his business packing freshwater clams is on hard times. But the elderly female workforce resents her, her hopeless boyfriend tracks her down, and Sawako begins to despair of… More Sawako leaves behind her humiliating job testing new toys in Tokyo to move back to her rural hometown. Her father is ill and his business packing freshwater clams is on hard times. But the elderly female workforce resents her, her hopeless boyfriend tracks her down, and Sawako begins to despair of ever making sense of her life.
- Rating, Runtime
- Unrated, 1 hr. 52 min.
- Directed By
- Yûya Ishii, Ishii Yuya
- Written By
- Yûya Ishii, Ishii Yuya
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
- Studio
- Avex Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Jamie Russell, Total Film
Totally oddball, this Japanese comedy's jokes occasionally get lost in translation, yet it moves effortlessly from colonic irrigation to crowd-pleasing, clam-packing sing-alongs with quirky verve.
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Derek Malcolm, This is London
A strange, quirky film with a moral that one would think the Japanese might accept more readily than the British.
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Catherine Shoard, Guardian [UK]
A film that aims for quirk-cachet yet somehow winds up in that hinterland between actually funny and simply irritating.
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Eithne Farry, Electric Sheep
With her mop of dark hair and her engaging face, Hikari Mitsushima is a bright presence.
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David Parkinson, Empire Magazine
Witty, subtle and amusing satire on Japanese culture.
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