Kondo wa aisaika

2009 [JAPANESE]

Drama

IMDb Rating 7.5/10 10 98 98

Director

Isao Yukisada Photo
Isao Yukisada

Top cast

Gaku Hamada Photo
Gaku Hamada as Makoto Furuta
Renji Ishibashi Photo
Renji Ishibashi as Bunta Hara
Etsushi Toyokawa Photo
Etsushi Toyokawa as Shunsuke Kitami
Hiroko Yakushimaru Photo
Hiroko Yakushimaru as Sakura Kitami

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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