| [filmlover-l] Movie this wednesday at 6:30
-- "Ashita no kioku (Memories of Tomorrow)" |
Saturday, August 28, 2010
11:26:56 PM |
| From: |
tbco@mtu.edu |
| To: |
filmlover-l@mtu.edu |
Hello everyone,
For this wednesday, we are showing a Japanese movie "Ashita no kioku
(Memories of Tomorrow)" directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi (more details
below).
Please feel free to pass the message around and invite your friends.
The more the merrier. Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: Ashita no kioku (Memories of Tomorrow)
Date and Time: September 1, Wednesday, 6:30-9pm
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Partial List of Actors:
Ken Watanabe
Kanako Higuchi
Kenji Sakaguchi
Kazue Fukiishi
Asami Mizukawa
Noritake Kinashi
US Rating: unrated (I think it is PG)
Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)
Length: 122 mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (via www.imdb.com)
"...a 50-year-old ad executive
whose life is practically perfect:
he commands the respect of his
employees, he loves his wife Emiko
(Kanako Higuchi) and his daughter
will marry soon. But... Saeki
[begins to have] trouble remembering
names and confusion sets in. His wife
convinces him to visit a doctor, who
delivers a devastating diagnosis:
early-onset Alzheimers..."
My Comments:
Movie tries to show the progression
of Alzheimers from a patient's view.
The direction was okay and the acting
is generally good (a little overacting
here and there but mostly okay).
Most people know Ken Watanabe from his
more recent American movie roles such
as "Last Samurai" and "Batman Begins",
plus the recent movie "Inception".
Here, he shows a more personal touch --
he is the executive producer of the
movie, and he gets to display his
emotional range.
