- Actors: Toni Collette, Gotaro Tsunashima, Matthew Dyktynski, Lynette Curran, Yumiko Tanaka
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Video Service Corp
- Release Date: May 11 2004
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0001L3LUO
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #44,526 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
plot twists make movie work,
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This review is from: Japanese Story (DVD)
***1/2 The best thing about "Japanese Story," an Australian film directed by Sue Brooks and set almost entirely in the Outback, is its unpredictability. Just as you begin to think that the story, written by Alison Tilson, is headed in one particular direction, it does an amazing about-face and leads us down an entirely different, utterly unexpected narrative path. The movie starts off as a fairly standard romantic comedy, involving two strangers who don't like each other very much yet who are forced to spend an inordinate amount of time together. Sandy is a geologist whose company, against her will and better judgment, has asked her to escort an important Japanese businessman through the wilds of the Australian desert on a sightseeing tour. The film even begins to seem a bit like a landlocked "Swept Away" for awhile, as these two headstrong people - he a Japanese traditionalist with male chauvinistic tendencies and she a no-nonsense, freethinking, independent woman (but both filled with doubts and insecurities beneath the surface) - find themselves stranded in a hostile and remote environment, fighting for survival. But then the first of the film's numerous plot reversals kicks in and we find ourselves in an entirely different situation altogether. I certainly don't want to spoil anyone's experience of this film by revealing just what those plot twists are, so I will merely state that the film, in the second half, becomes a fairly profound meditation on the precarious nature of life and the almost lightning-paced speed with which tragedy can intervene to bring our worlds crashing down around us. Toni Collette is heartbreaking as the feisty yet warmhearted Sandy and Gotaro Tsunashima is both tender and stoic as the man from an exotic culture with whom she eventually falls in love. That, of course, is the predictable part. But if you think you know where this story is going, you will be pleasantly surprised at how wrong you will be.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sentimental Slice of Life,
By A Customer
This review is from: Japanese Story (DVD)
This movie is a cinemagraphic diary of a memorable event in the lead character's life. If you don't enjoy sharing the experiences of others, you probably won't enjoy this film. The days and events progress as they do in real life. First impressions change, bad decisions are made and overcome, the most mundane moments turn tragic. Life goes on.
5.0 out of 5 stars
one of the best of "04,
By gef_FLIX (seattle, wa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Japanese Story (DVD)
one of the nicest surprises in films for the year - and one of the very best. perhaps only a women (director) would have brought the layered insights and restraint toa film that is as much about what is quilted quietly BETWEEN -- as it is it's (seemingly) predictable storyline. an understated reality check that is depicted gracefully, gently-paced and always with genuine affection for it's talent and tale. Toni Collette (affleck's lover / co-worker in "changing lanes") is nothing short of amazing in her transition of a character coming to life over the course of the story. extras: check out the "international" and australian version of the beginning (that's versus the "american" cut version) and listen to the director's comments for some terriffic insight into film as a cultural medium. don't miss it.
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