Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Produced by: Japan (2008) Rating: 9.0
Kiyo Kurosawa This transformational work has received rave reviews at Cannes and the Asian Film Awards. The most interesting thing about it is that it fulfills the present in advance financial crisis. For a long time, even in the field of horror films, Kurosawa has appeared as a social prophet, and he is often worried about the future of Japanese society.
"Tokyo Sonata" tells the story of the disintegration of a family of four, a rebellious son under the strict father's authority, a housewife with a boring life, and an office worker without "one skill". The film talks about the impact of foreign employees and the war launched by the United States. Seemingly unrelated things have an impact on family members, which is a reflection of reality. The unemployed dare not tell their families the truth. The paragraph about pretending to go to work every day in suits and shoes is particularly funny. The script is written with the usual dramatic treatment, and the story is full of brutal black satire and absurdity. When problems cannot be resolved and the family faces a breakdown, a thief takes the film in another direction. After a seemingly unreal night, the family welcomes a strange new life.
There are often amazing scene scheduling in the film, such as the outbreak of conflict between father and son, and driving away, which can be analyzed and explained separately, which is a must. In different scenes, Kurosawa emphasized the impact of external factors on the family, such as glass reflections, lighting techniques and ambient sound effects. In the end, the youngest son played a piece of Debussy's "Moonlight", and the unexpected ending saved the regret of the previous design and greatly improved the idea of the whole film. [Beijing News http://ent.sina.com.cn/x/2009-04-24/01592488608.shtml ]
■ DVD news
UK's Eureka announced that "Tokyo Sonata" will be released on June 22, becoming a MoC New show in series number 81. The film will be the second show in the MoC series to be released on Blu-ray, after Detective. Highlights include a 60-minute production special and 39 minutes of publicity, interviews, and awards.
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