
The wind of change is blowing as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it is just the beginning of a series of family shattering incidents leading to the implosion of the family unit.... (Full plot summary below)
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The wind of change is blowing as a family grapples with unemployment, alienation, mistrust and a lack of communication. When a Japanese salaryman loses his job to outsourcing to China, it is just the beginning of a series of family shattering incidents leading to the implosion of the family unit.
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| San Francisco ChronicleReyhan HarmanciKurosawa's film is heavyweight fare: disturbing, slightly over the top, but satisfying, like a rich meal with a powerful aftertaste. |
| JWRS. James Wegg... a new level of deep social commentary, frequently in danger of plunging over into the abyss of human foible and despair, finds its incredible resolution in a well-loved solo piano work (Debussy's "Clair de lune") ... |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA startling and creative contemporary fable about some of the drastic changes that are rocking the traditional understanding of work and family life in Japan. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawTokyo Sonata is Kurosawa allowed at last to make a horror film that reveals that, for him, true horror is being content to accept salvation in the life of a sheep. |
| Globe and MailJennie PunterTurns out to be one of the most compelling, finely orchestrated and oddly enchanting films of the year so far. |
| Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyAn extraordinary work in three movements about the Sasakis, a seemingly ordinary family. In this unpredictable work, the clan implodes, explodes, and glues itself back together. |
| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertA realistic social drama, but the story taps deep, cold wellsprings of dread. |
| St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsDirector Kiyoshi Kurosawa cut his teeth on horror movies, and his flattened, formal style mines the horror in everyday urban life. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip MartinA horror film of a different sort from director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who made his reputation as a "J-horror" director of intelligent supernatural thrillers ... |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura CliffordAlthough Kurosawa is able to balance tones ranging from humor to unexpected domestic violence, his fantastical transition comes a wee bit left of field, requiring his audience to regain their equilibrium. |