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(Synopsis)
Based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Nobel Prize in Literature (1994) winner Kenzaburô Oe. The story revolves around the experiences of Iiyo, a mentally handicapped adolescent boy and his younger sister Maa as she cares for him in their parents' absence. The characters and story are loosely based on Oe's own handicapped son, and both father and son reflect on the movie adaptation in a very interesting interview. The movie was nominated for and won four Japanese Academy Awards.
The story deals directly with the unique difficulties faced by the handicapped and by their loved ones. Maa faces the difficulty of overcoming suspicions that Iiyo may somehow be inclined to harm children (which he isn't) and of locating someone of good character to help them (which she doesn't). Iiyo's difficulties include undergoing the humiliation of seizures in public and the sudden summoning of strength to aid his sister in the moment she needs him the most. The story is rather powerful in its own right, and certainly when accompanied with the mini-documentary of Oe and his son, in which Oe tries to imply that most of the movie, including Iiyo's courageous actions in rescuing his sister, are based on real life events.
Director
Juzo Itami
Cast
Atsuro Watabe
Choei Takahashi
Hinako Saeki
Hiroshi Yagyu
Hisako Hara
Masayuki Imai
Mihoko Shibata
Noboru Mitani
Nobuko Miyamoto
Nobuto Okamoto
Rie Shibata
Satomi Achiwa
Shinobu Kawamata
Tamaki Ogawa
Tokie Hidari
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Publisher : Geneon
Audio : Japanese
Subtitles : English/Japanese
Release Year : 1995
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