is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific n ...

Cast

* Hidetoshi Nishijima – Yutaka Yoshii * Kōji Yakusho – Fujimori * Shun Sugata – Shinichiro Yoshii * Lily – Sachiko * Kumiko Asō – Chizuru Yoshii * Show Aikawa – Kazaki * Yoriko Dōguchi – Miki * Ren Osugi – Murota * Hiromitsu Suzuki – Kurume * Kōsuke Toyohara – Doctor * Masahiro Toda – Akira Ueda

Reception

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at the '' New York Times'' stated that "the metaphysical humor it gleans from the situation marks Mr. Kurosawa (who is no relation to Akira Kurosawa) as a quirky, smart filmmaker." The critic Tom Mes wrote that the film "strays far off the beaten path, shunning the predictability of your average celluloid tragedy to deliver genuine laughs".

References

External links

* 1998 drama films 1998 films 1990s Japanese-language films Japanese drama films 1990s Japanese films {{1990s-Japan-film-stub