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This coming-of-age story from Japan opens just after 17-year-old Sataka has gotten dumped by her boyfriend. When her mother is hospitalized with a malignant stomach ulcer, Sataka is left alone with her emotionally repressed father; whiling away the hours one day, she comes across a love letter written to her mother 24 years earlier. Deciding to track down the letter's author, Sataka eventually finds Shinichiro (Hiroyuki Sanada), an overweight slob who was abandoned by his wife years earlier and now spends his time hanging around pachinko parlors. Determined to clean him up and reintroduce him to her mother, Sataka nags Shinchiro until he finally agrees to her demands, and a gradual friendship develops between the two as Sataka drags him to the gym and a clothing store. But once Shinchiro's makeover is complete, he turns the tables on his young friend, and when the time comes for him to meet Sataka's mother, all concerned parties find themselves embarking on a new phase in their lives.
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A delightful and moving coming-of-age story. One summer, three young boys take an increasing interest in an eccentric old man who lives alone in a house surrounded by an overgrown garden. The boys form a bond with the recluse and set about weeding and replanting the garden.
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아빠, 엄마와 함께 행복하기만 한 렌코, 그러나 그 행복에 금이 가기 시작한다. 엄마와 아빠는 서로를 상처 주고 싸우며 결국 떨어져 살기로 결정한다. 전학생이 오면서 학교 생활도 예전 같지 않고 주변의 변화는 점점 벅차기만 하다. 익숙하고 친근했던 모든 것이 무너져 내리면서 어린 소녀의 세계도 조금씩 변해간다. 유명한 가수인 사쿠라다 준코가 엄마로, 아역 배우 타바타 토모코가 렌코로 출연했다. 소마이 신지 감독의 영화 중 가장 대중적이면서 가족적인 영화로 소녀의 감정과 성장을 통해 삶을 포착하고 있다. 초현실적인 이미지와 롱 테이크 속에 내러티브를 담아낸 소마이 신지 감독의 연출력이 돋보이는 수작이다. 1993 키네마 준보 여우주연상, 여우조연상 수상.
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An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.
