March Comes in Like a Lion

1991 [JAPANESE]

Drama

4
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 396 396

amnesia incest

Plot summary

The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are. They are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.

Director

Hitoshi Yazaki Photo
Hitoshi Yazaki

Top cast

Sho Saito Photo
Sho Saito as Grandma
Takashi Naitô Photo
Takashi Naitô as Man with a Hat
Kiyomi Itô Photo
Kiyomi Itô as Housewife
Bang-ho Cho Photo
Bang-ho Cho as Haruo / Brother
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1.07 GB
1280*962
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 58 min
Seeds 1
1.98 GB
1436*1080
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
29.97 fps
1 hr 58 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by federovsky

Beautiful elegiac mood piece

This is a fine film, extremely intense and thoughtful. There's a brother and his cute little sister, both a bit odd (one guy has lost his memory, the girl lives in a world of her own). They seem to be fending for themselves and drifting into decadence and obscurity.The pace is slow, and very evocative of depression (which helps emphasise the happy moments) and there is very little dialogue, which is only to its benefit. Some lovely, quite tender scenes drift through your consciousness long after the film is over - in fact I'm still thinking about it.As soon as I'd watched it I watched it over again - something I very rarely do - and it was even better.
Reviewed by mj_taylor108 10 / 10

Beautiful, Quiet and Strange

I saw this film years ago at the ICA in London. And for some reason i think about this film a lot. It has really gotten into the dream space in my head.The film begins with some Polaroids of a young boy and a young girl. A female voice over tells us who these people are...they are brother and sister, she is seven and he is eight. She goes on to say that when she was seven and he was eight, she told her brother that she would marry him.And then we are in the present day. Her brother, all grown up has had an accident, he is in hospital and he has lost his memory. So what does she do? She goes to visit him and tells him she is his husband and that is kind of how they live...as husband and wife. That's basically the set up. Will she get way with it. Will he get his memory back? Is it right or wrong? This is a very stark and still film. The cinematography is beautiful. There is very little dialogue and the pace is slow. But the plot is strong and i member how much i cared about these people that by the end i was on the edge of my seat. This is a gorgeous unforgettable dreamlike film that really does deserve to be seen by more people.
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