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Suzaku

Suzaku

1997 · 95 min · JA · 6.9 (28 votes)
Dir. Naomi Kawase · Starring Jun Kunimura, Machiko Ono, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Sachiko Izumi, Kotaro Shibata, Yasuyo Kamimura · Music Masamichi Shigeno
Drama

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.

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A quiet, observational drama that immerses you in the slow, often harsh realities of rural Japanese life. It feels like watching a family's quiet struggles unfold, marked by unspoken tensions and the weight of economic pressures.

melancholicsomberintrospectivebleakslow-burnslice of lifenaturalisticarthousecharacter-drivenfamilyeconomic hardshiprural declinetradition vs modernity
japanvillagefamily relationshipsslice of lifewoman director
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