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Memories of Matsuko | |
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Directed by | Tetsuya Nakashima |
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Screenplay by | Tetsuya Nakashima[1] |
Based on | A novel by Muneki Yamada[1] |
Starring | |
Music by | Gabriele Roberto[1] |
Cinematography | Masakazu Ato[1] |
Edited by | Yoshiyuki Koike[1] |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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130 minutes[1] | |
Country | Japan |
Box office | $9,578,449[2] |
Memories of Matsuko (嫌われ松子の一生Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō, 'Life of despised Matsuko') is a 2006 Japanese film written and directed by Tetsuya Nakashima. It is based on a Japanese novel by Muneki Yamada.
It has not yet received North American distribution, though in its North American premiere at the 2007 New York Asian Film Festival, the film received the Audience Award with an average rating of 9.2[3]
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Plot[edit]
The story begins with Sho cleaning out the remaining belongings of his recently deceased aunt Matsuko. Sho gradually learns many details of his aunt's life, and it is through his investigations that the audience learns the story of Matsuko's past.
In the 1970 - 1971, Matsuko was a popular junior high school teacher in Ōkawa, Fukuoka. However, she was sexually harassed by vice-principal, and when one of her students (Ryu) committed a theft, and Matsuko took the blame for him, this had terrible consequences for her life.
The film also reveals some details of Matsuko's earlier life, including a troubled childhood, when she struggled to gain the attention of her father. Matsuko's father's affection was mostly dominated by her chronically ill sister, which created an imbalanced rivalry where Matsuko's needs were less likely to be met.
Matsuko's relationships with men were generally troubled as well. She moved from relationship to relationship with men who gave her some inkling of affection, though it was often accompanied by abuse. She often found herself abandoned by the men she loved, who couldn't cope with her neediness. She continued to pursue her dreams of perfect love, even as her life spiraled down, and she found herself working as a prostitute, and even imprisoned.
When Matsuko met later in life with Ryu, whom she saved from the charges relating to his theft, she found that he held affection and admiration for her. She saw in him another chance for true love. But Ryu, by this time, was deeply entrenched in a criminal life. He decided that it would be best for him to disappear from her life, to protect her from the risks of life with a gangster. This final abandonment was disastrous for Matsuko, who never knew to what extent she affected the lives of the men who loved her. In July 9 2001, Matsuko was beaten to death by a gang of junior high school students in a park near Kita-Senju Station.
Cast[edit]
- Miki Nakatani – Matsuko Kawajiri (川尻 松子 Kawajiri Matsuko) (Child actor: Kana Okunoya)
- Eita – Sho Kawajiri (川尻 笙 Kawajiri Shō)
- Teruyuki Kagawa – Norio Kawajiri (川尻 紀夫 Kawajiri Norio)
- Mikako Ichikawa – Kumi Kawajiri (川尻 久美 Kawajiri Kumi)
- Yusuke Iseya – Youichi Ryu (龍 洋一 Ryū Yōichi)
- Akira Emoto – Kozo Kawajiri (川尻 恒造 Kawajiri Kōzō)
- Asuka Kurosawa – Megumi Sawamura (沢村 めぐみ Sawamura Megumi)
- Shosuke Tanihara – Shunji Saeki (佐伯 俊二 Saeki Shunji)
- Kankuro Kudo – Tetsuya Yamekawa
- Bonnie Pink – Ayano (綾乃)
- Gekidan Hitori – Takeo Okano (岡野 健夫 Okano Takeo)
- Nagisa Katahira – herself
Release[edit]
Initial Release[edit]
Memories of Matsuko was distributed theatrically in Japan on May 26 2006 by Toho.[1] The film won Miki Nakatani the award for Best Actress (along with her work in Lof and Christmas on July 24th) and Best Actress at the Mainichi Film Concours and Japanese Academy Awards.[1] The film also won Best Editing and Best Music Score at the Japanese Academy Awards.[1]
Home media[edit]
The film has been released in the UK on DVD and Blu-ray by Third Window Films.[4]
Awards[edit]
2007 The Asian Film Awards - Best Actress Miki Nakatani, Best visual effect, Masahide Yanagawase, Best arts direct, Towako Kuwashima
2007 Japanese Academy Award Winner - Best Actress, Best Music, Best Editing
2006 Japanese Professional Award Winner - Best Actress [1]
Notes[edit]
- ^ abcdefghijkGalbraith IV 2008, p. 442.
- ^'Memories of Matsuko'. Boxofficemojo. Retrieved March 04, 2012.
- ^Asian Cinema – While on the Road (2007). 'NYAFF Audience Award and Final Comments'. Asian Cinema – While on the Road. Retrieved January 8, 2008.
- ^http://thirdwindowfilms.com/films/memories-of-matsuko
References[edit]
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN1461673747.
External links[edit]
- Official site in Japanese
- Kiraware Matsuko no Isshō on IMDb
- Memories of Matsuko at AllMovie
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The World of Kanako | |
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Directed by | Tetsuya Nakashima |
Produced by | Satomi Kotake Yutaka Suzuki |
Screenplay by | Tetsuya Nakashima Nobuhiro Monma Miako Tadano |
Based on | Hateshinaki Kawaki by Akio Fukamachi |
Starring | Kōji Yakusho Nana Komatsu |
Music by | Grand Funk Inc. |
Cinematography | Shoichi Ato |
Edited by | Yoshiyuki Koike |
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Distributed by | Gaga Communications Wild Bunch |
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118 minutes | |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Box office | ¥750 million |
The World of Kanako (渇き。Kawaki., lit. 'thirst.') is a 2014 Japanese suspense film directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, starring Kōji Yakusho and Nana Komatsu.[1] It was released on 4 July 2014,[2][3] and is based on the novel Hateshinaki Kawaki (果てしなき渇き, 'Endless Thirst') by Akio Fukamachi.
Plot[edit]
Akikazu Fujishima (Kōji Yakusho) is a former detective who lost his job, marriage and daughter after having a violent reaction to his wife's infidelity. Since then, he has become a dysfunctional, unstable alcoholic. Many years later, his ex-wife (Asuka Kurosawa) contacts him to tell him that his daughter Kanako (Nana Komatsu) has gone missing. Akikazu begins investigating the disappearance, with police detective Asai (Satoshi Tsumabuki) ostensibly helping but in truth rarely involving himself in the search. Akikazu's methods involve harassing and intimidating those he speaks to, including Kanako's former classmates and teacher (Miki Nakatani), but none of them are forthcoming. Nonetheless, he discovers that she had become involved with drug users, and suspects that they made her into an addict.
Flashbacks to three years prior reveal how an unnamed student (Hiroya Shimizu) in Kanako's middle school had fallen in love with her, as she was the only kid who didn't bully or ostracize him. The student knowing Kanako had been in love with a former student named Ogata, wanted her to feel the same way for him. This desire eventually leads him to attend a party with her, where he is drugged and raped. The student then tracks down Kanako and contemplates killing her, but is unable to. She embraces him, before an unidentified figure stabs the student in the neck, killing him.
In the present, Akikazu is eventually captured by the Yakuza, who torture and kill Kanako's gang member friend Matsunaga (Mahiro Takasugi) in front of him. Matsunaga informs Akikazu as to how Ogata was a 'weak boy with a cute face' so they kidnapped him and allowed old men to rape him, which caused him to commit suicide. Kanako having been in love with Ogata befriended the group in order to exact revenge. Due to Ogata's death or perhaps exacerbated by it Kanako is completely emotionless which easily allows her to become involved with the child prostitution ring, and manipulate other kids (along with the unnamed student) to use drugs and drink, thus allowing older men to rape them. Even knowing about Kanakos intentions and lack of feelings for anyone or anything, Matsunaga had fallen in love with Kanako and helped her to steal the photos. The Yakuza inform Akikazu that the police are also involved in the prostitution ring and that Detective Aikawa (Joe Odagiri) had killed several of Kanako's criminal friends in an attempt at a cover-up. They provide Akikazu with a gun and send him to Aikawa's home.
Akikazu rapes Aikawa's wife, then takes her and her son hostage to meet Aikawa. The two have a bloody fight, during which Aikawa kills his wife, but both men survive. The police, including Detective Asai, arrive on the scene, and kill Aikawa. Akikazu hits Asai with his car and escapes.
Akikazu returns to the teacher that he questioned much earlier, having realized that her daughter was one of the children being raped in Kanako's photos, and that she had killed Kanako in revenge. He forces her to dig up the grave that she buried Kanako in, but its location has been lost due to recent snowfall. While the teacher insists that his search for his daughter's body is futile and tries to escape, Akikazu continues to dig, refusing to acknowledge that his daughter is dead. The film ends as he vows to kill her himself.
Cast[edit]
- Kōji Yakusho as Akikazu Fujishima
- Nana Komatsu as Kanako Fujishima
- Satoshi Tsumabuki as Detective Asai
- Joe Odagiri as Detective Aikawa
- Fumi Nikaidō as Nami Endo (Kanako's ex-middle school classmate, Apocalypse Group member)
- Hiroya Shimizu as I (Kanako's ex-middle school friend)
- Hiroki Nakajima as Shimatsu (Kanako's ex-middle school classmate,Bully)
- Ai Hashimoto as Emi Morishita (Kanako's high school friend)
- Asuka Kurosawa as Kiriko (Akikazu ex-wife, Kanako's mother)
- Miki Nakatani as Rie Azuma (Kanako's ex-homeroom teacher at middle school)
- Hitoshi Hoshino as Seiji Ogata (Kanako's ex-boyfriend from middle school)
- Mahiro Takasugi as Yasuhiro Matsunaga (Kanako's ex-middle school classmate, leader of Apocalypse Group)
- Jun Kunimura as Tsujimura (psychiatrist)
- Munetaka Aoki as Sakiyama (underboss of Ishimaru Gang)
- Aoi Morikawa as Tomoko Nagano (Kanako's high school friend)
- Yasuo Koh as Cho (capitalist)
- Megumi Hatachiya as Aikawa's Wife
- Daichi Watanabe as Hiroshi Kawamoto (Store Staff)
- Shouno Hayama as Blond Boy (Apocalypse Group member)
Music[edit]
- César Franck - 'Panis angelicus'[4]
- Antonín Dvořák - 'Song to the Moon'[4]
- Dempagumi.inc - 'Den Den Passion'[4]
- Trippple Nippples - 'LSD'[4]
- Daoko - 'FOG'[4]
- Fusanosuke Kondo - 'I Love You, OK'[4]
- Seiko Matsuda - 'Sweet Memories'[4]
- Dean Martin - 'Everybody Loves Somebody'[4]
- Mai Yamane - 'House of the Rising Sun'
Reception[edit]
The film earned $1.1 million during its opening weekend, and debuted at No. 4 at the Japanese box office.[5] It has grossed ¥377 million in Japan.[6]
Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film 3 out of 5 stars.[7]
References[edit]
- ^Noh, Jean (6 February 2014). 'Gaga launches sales on Tetsuya Nakashima's The World of Kanako'. Screen International.
- ^Kevin Ma (15 May 2014). 'Hot Japanese Genre Films in Cannes'. Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^渇き。 (2014). allcinema.net (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ^ abcdefgh【曲リスト】中島哲也『渇き。』の選曲がぶっ飛んでいる. Qetic (in Japanese). 24 June 2014.
- ^Schilling, Mark (July 4, 2014). 'Ultra-Violence of 'World of Kanako' Stirs Japanese Box Office, Online Uproar'. Vairety.
- ^Kevin Ma (8 July 2014). 'Maleficent dethrones Frozen in Japan'. Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^Schilling, Mark (26 June 2014). ''Kawaki' (The World of Kanako)'. The Japan Times.
External links[edit]
- Official website(in Japanese)
- Kawaki. on IMDb
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