Himizu [videorecording]
2012
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Director Shion Sono's loose adaptation of the Japanese manga of the same name, follows two teenagers' attempts to survive the aftermath of Japan's 2011 tsunami. Abandoned by his mother, 14-year-old Sumida (Shôta Sometani) lives in a boathouse beside a lake and dreams of living a normal life free from his father (Ken Mitsuishi)'s casual beatings. Sharing his dreams of normality is his classmate Chazawa (Fumi Nikaidô), who has a crush on Sumida, even though her feelings are not reciprocated. As the pair try to come to terms with their seemingly bleak futures, events come to a head when Sumida's father taunts him to excess, resulting in a fatally violent altercation. With his dreams now dashed, but eager to make amends to society for his actions, Sumida takes to the streets as a self-styled vigilante, dispensing 'justice' with the aid of a kitchen knife.
Main title:
Himizu [videorecording] / producer, Haruo Umekawa; producer, Masashi Yamazaki.
Author:
Sono, Sion, directorHarada, Tomohide, composer (expression)Sometani, Shôta, actorNikaidô, Fumi, actorWatanabe, Tetsu, actorFuruya, Minoru, book author
Imprint:
[United Kingdom] : Third Window, 2012.
Collation:
2 DVDs (129 min.) : colour.
Notes:
Region 2, 2 disc(s), Disc format DVD 9 dual layer, Interactive menus, Languages (Japanese), Sound (Dolby Surround), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Deleted scenes, 'Making of' documentary, Interviews (Denden).Made in 2011.Based on the manga by Minoru Furuya.DVDN.In Japanese; Closed captioning in English.
Credits:
Credits: director, Sion Sono; writer, Sion Sono; music, Tomohide Harada; cinematographer, Sôhei Tanikawa.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Shôta Sometani, Fumi Nikaidô, Tetsu Watanabe, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, Megumi Kagurazaka, Ken Mitsuishi, Makiko Watanabe, Asuka Kurosawa, Denden, Jun Murakami.
Audience:
BBFC code: 18.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
Japanese
Subject:
BRN:
1321205
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