Perfect Education 6

2004 1h 39m JA

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4.8

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★4.8TMDB · 4

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Synopsis

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Fumiya owes 5 million yen to a female load shark for a gambling debt, while having affair an with Mrs. Hosoi who offers him 5 million to murder her husband. Fumiya has no choice but to kill Mr. Hosoi. Unfortunately he's see by a neighbor. In the escape, he meets a girl named Akiko. He hides in her house. Later on, Fumiya and Akiko fall in love and have sex. After that, he finds that the house owner Shin kidnapped Akiko whem she was a little girl and has kept her in the house for over a decade. Fumiya is determined to take her away from Shin's brutal confinement. A battle of wills between jailer, prisoner and accidental savior begins….

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mika Ito
Mikio Osawa
Shiro Sano
Renji Ishibashi
Hiroshi Kobayashi
Kiyomi Itō
Mansaku Fuwa
Hiromi Nakajima

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kōji Wakamatsu
Writers: Masao Adachi, Kazuhito Kubodera
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Perfect Education Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, shot by Tomohiko Tsuji. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Keiichi Masuko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Shuichi Kakesu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Mika Ito and Mikio Osawa and Shiro Sano carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0443073 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kōji Wakamatsu directs. Tomohiko Tsuji behind the camera. Keiichi Masuko scores. Shuichi Kakesu cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 22 years ago.
2Part of the "Perfect Education Series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Kōji Wakamatsu, shot by Tomohiko Tsuji. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Keiichi Masuko. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Shuichi Kakesu shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Mika Ito and Mikio Osawa and Shiro Sano carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0443073 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.