The read
It runs long at 4h 15m.
Synopsis
Hamaguchi wrote and directed this film as a graduation project for the students at ENBU Seminar (film and theater school in Tokyo) when he taught there. It is a three-part film: The first part is a documentary-style production of a play; Then the actual full stage production of the play; and the epilogue. Poetry and written words play the central role in the movie.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- Ryusuke HamaguchiDirector
- Ryusuke HamaguchiScreenplay
- Hideyuki OkamotoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rei HiranoReiko
- Ryo SatoRyouhei / Mamoru Noguchi
- Mikio TayamaKunio Miki
- Ayako ItoIto Bun / Kayoko Kanamori
- Akihisa SugaiAkira Nishijima / Noboru Komiyama
- Takuma WatanabeHidenori Watanabe / Clerk 2
- Kanako TezukaUrara Tezuka / Yukie Noguchi
- Toru AraiTaro Nakamura / Shinnosuke Tada
- Aki KatoriAkiko Katori / Etsuko Shiomi
- Rinpuku TsuchiyaKensuke Hayashi / Clerk 1
Stills
Themes
theater playrealism