Sketches of Kaitan City

2010 Japanese film
  • Mitsuki Tanimura
  • Pistol Takehara
  • Ryo Kase
  • Kaho Minami
  • Kaoru Kobayashi
CinematographyRyuto KondoEdited byYoshisuke HoriMusic byJim O'RourkeDistributed bySlow Learner
Release date
  • 18 December 2010 (2010-12-18)
Running time
152 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Sketches of Kaitan City (海炭市叙景, Kaitanshi Jokei) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri and starring Mitsuki Tanimura and Ryo Kase.

Cast

  • Mitsuki Tanimura as Honami Ikawa
  • Pistol Takehara as Futa Ikawa
  • Ryo Kase as Haruo Meguro
  • Masaki Miura as Hiroshi Hagiya
  • Takashi Yamanaka as Makoto Kudou
  • Kaoru Kobayashi as Ryuzo Hika
  • Kaho Minami as Haruyo Hika

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2010.[1] It was released in Japan on 18 December 2010.[2]

Reception

Dustin Chang of Twitch Film felt that the film "resembles strongly of the neo-neo realism of the Dardenne brothers' films but without their sense of hope".[3] Meanwhile, Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter noted Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's "low key but tender depictions of working class people and subtle assimilation of socio-economical realities, redolent of the works of Jia Zhangke and Wang Bing's West of the Tracks".[4]

References

  1. ^ Adams, Mark (2 November 2010). "Sketches of Kaitan City". Screen International.
  2. ^ 函館発「海炭市叙景」公開 ノロで欠席の熊切監督もホッ (in Japanese). Eiga.com. 18 December 2010.
  3. ^ Chang, Dustin (17 July 2011). "JAPAN CUTS 2011: SKETCHES OF KAITAN CITY Review". Twitch Film.
  4. ^ Lee, Maggie (7 January 2012). "Sketches of Kaitan City: Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

  • Official website (in Japanese)
  • Sketches of Kaitan City at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • Sketches of Kaitan City at Rotten Tomatoes


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