Kondo wa aisaika

2009 [JAPANESE]

Drama

IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 98 98

Director

Top cast

Asami Mizukawa as Ranko Yoshizawa
Gaku Hamada as Makoto Furuta
Etsushi Toyokawa as Shunsuke Kitami
Renji Ishibashi as Bunta Hara

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ReadingFilm 7 / 10

Fun, worth seeking out

I sought this out because of how insanely iconic Hiroko Yakushimaru was in her 80s films, Sailor Suit, Legend of the 8 Samurai, Tragedy of W. She was a huge star and almost all her films just quickly hit #1 in the Japanese box office every year.So I wanted to see how she is in a 2009 film. (Of course by now even this film is old.)Here she is playing an eccentric wife going mad wanting a baby, and her marriage falling apart. The film focuses on the husbands subplots as well which are far less interesting. The movie has a low-fi Spanish Telenuovo feel and the pace is way too slow at over 2 hours, still it has a gentle spirit that resonates.The best moments are with Hiroko. She is still cool. She is still as magical and interesting as in those films. She will never just play a line, she has to understand it with her whole mind and body. She absorbs everything and reflects it back to us. I have never really seen an actress who can do it like her.
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