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Japanese Story, 2003

Starring: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima

Directed by: Sue Brooks

Written by: Allison Tilson

Language: English, Japanese

Country: Australia

Runtime: 110 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:7.0

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Japanese Story can be described as contemplative, sincere, and captivating. The plot revolves around isolation, an unlikely couple, and culture clash. The main genres are drama and romance. In approach, Japanese Story is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in the wilderness and in the desert. It is located in Australia. Japanese Story takes place in contemporary times. The movie has received attention for being an award winner. Note that it involves nudity, sexual content, and profanity.

Summary of Japanese Story

This romantic drama stars Toni Collette as Sandy, a high-strung Australian geologist assigned to escort Japanese businessman Hirotmitsu (Gotaro Tsunashima) on a tour through the outback. Ostensibly he's there to visit the various mines his company co-owns, but his real motives are mysterious and soon he is urging her to drive deep into the middle of the Pilabra Desert. A mutual dislike for one another, enhanced by vast cultural differences keep them at arm's length at first, but when their jeep gets mired in sand in the middle of nowhere, their fight for survival leads them towards a deep human connection. They find themselves falling in love as they drift aimlessly amidst the desolate beauty of the area, but soon comes a sudden, unexpected shock.

Written by Alison Tilson and directed by Sue Brooks, Japanese Story explores the distances between cultures, people, and the vast emptiness of Australia's interior regions. Yet even the spectacular desert scenery can't compete with Collette's complex stunner of a performance. Suntanned, tender, gutsy and raw, she plumbs frighteningly real depths of emotion and vulnerability. Tsunashima is also excellent, bringing simplicity and grace to an enigmatic role.

Details

Language:	English, Japanese
Country:	Australia
Release date:	30 August 2003
Runtime:	110 min

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Toni Collette

as Sandy Edwards

Gotaro Tsunashima

as Hiromitsu Tachibana

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Chicago Tribune

A movie with surprises, some of which you should discover for yourself. But its main surprises may be the power of Collette's performance and the beautifully controlled mood and atmosphere Brooks creates. Full Review

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by: Michael Wilmington

Entertainment Weekly

This is an origami story, really, about what a construction of chance the big world is. Full Review

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by: Lisa Schwarzbaum

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I loved this movie. There are many people who do not like this movie, as is the case with such films those on one side have a hard time understanding the views of the other. I thought this film was stark and beautiful--as moving in its silence and... Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie0/10

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