After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill she have to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.... (Full plot summary below)
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After 5 years in Tokyo, 5 part-time jobs, 5 boyfriends, Sawako's life is going nowhere. When her father gets seriously ill she have to take over his struggling factory. Gradually she becomes the decider of her own life.
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| Eye for FilmAnton Bitelits occasional flashes of quirkiness are never enough to justify its overstretched duration. |
| Total FilmJamie RussellTotally oddball, this Japanese comedy's jokes occasionally get lost in translation, yet it moves effortlessly from colonic irrigation to crowd-pleasing, clam-packing sing-alongs with quirky verve. |
| Electric SheepEithne FarryWith her mop of dark hair and her engaging face, Hikari Mitsushima is a bright presence. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmA strange, quirky film with a moral that one would think the Japanese might accept more readily than the British. |
| User ReviewNicki MSawako is a young woman who can't seem to settle in life. When we meet her, she is several years into life in Tokyo after leaving her small town home to follow a man. Since then she has had a series of bad relationships and worse jobs. Currently, she tests toys for a living, has awful depressing co-workers, and is dating one of her bosses - a single dad who enjoys knitting, and is intent on making her "okasaan" (mother) to his solemn young daughter. Sawako is uncomfortable around children. When Sawako's father becomes terminally ill from cirrhosis (a fate Sawako seems to be hurling towards herself as she's also constantly drinking), she returns home, accompanied by the boyfriend and small child, and has to face what she left behind. Along the way, Sawako decides what to do with her life. Though it's kind of a film about settling, and not the most uplifting or positive message, it is realistic and there is niceness to it. Though I'm far from a child person, even I found the relationship between Sawako and the sad child moving. |
| User Reviewscott gUno splendido elogio della mediocrità , della consapevolezza di non essere "nulla di speciale" ma di dover comunque fare sempre del proprio meglio. Di certo non per neofiti di cinema giapponese, per i quali credo risulterebbe al 90% irritante. |
| User ReviewPhil NWith her father critically ill, Sawako reluctantly returns home after a five year exile in Tokyo to take the reigns of their freshly packed clam factory â" to the resentment of the workers. With her eco-friendly boyfriend and his daughter in tow, itâ(TM)s finally time for Sawako to make a stand for what she believes in. At times warm and funny, at others sad and poignant, Sawako Decides is a little gem of a film that draws you in thanks to an empathetic lead and a supporting cast of characters who are fully fleshed out. |
| User ReviewAlexander RSome funny moments.... Another good performance by Hikari Mitsushima. |
