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Filmmaker Katsuhito Ishii takes a break from the post-Tarantino excess of such highly-stylized outings as Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl for this low-key look at an eccentric family residing in a quiet countryside town just north of Tokyo. The Haruno family is a five-piece clan living the simple life in Japan. The summer sun shining gently down, this quiet quintet is transformed into a six-piece when urban-dwelling uncle Ayano (Tadanobu Asano), a successful music producer, arrives to visit his family and confront his feelings for the ex-girlfriend who married another man after Ayano moved to the city. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Special Features
- 90 minute Making Of
- Super Big animation
- Reversible sleeve with original release artwork
- Third Window
- 143 mins approx
- 15
- Japanese
- English
- 1
- Katsuhito Ishii
- English
- 2004
- B
The Taste Of Tea Blu-ray
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Arrow Films
Filmmaker Katsuhito Ishii takes a break from the post-Tarantino excess of such highly-stylized outings as Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl for this low-key look at an eccentric family residing in a quiet countryside town just north of Tokyo. The Haruno family is a five-piece clan living the simple life in Japan. The summer sun shining gently down, this quiet quintet is transformed into a six-piece when urban-dwelling uncle Ayano (Tadanobu Asano), a successful music producer, arrives to visit his family and confront his feelings for the ex-girlfriend who married another man after Ayano moved to the city. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.
Special Features
- 90 minute Making Of
- Super Big animation
- Reversible sleeve with original release artwork
- Third Window
- 143 mins approx
- 15
- Japanese
- English
- 1
- Katsuhito Ishii
- English
- 2004
- B
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a Yasujiro Ozu film on hallucinogens.
I saw this film on YouTube a number of years ago and enjoyed it so much I bought the blu-ray the second Arrow had a sale on. I think something wonderful that sets this film apart from a lot of other surreal films is its profoundly peaceful vibe despite all the strange goings-on. Just blissfully serene, slow paced, lets the vibe wash over you before giving you a story about a yakuza ghost with shit on his head, a girl being watched by a giant version of herself, or a wacky green screen dance number. Lovely film.
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An experience as mellow and rewarding as a great cup of tea
A slow and contemplative experience, which at first viewing rose way up the list of my favorite films of all time. Love, humour, death and triumph are all masterfully interwoven in this modern classic. Highly recommended.
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