Wait and See

1998 1h 40m JA

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7.3

SOLID

★7.3TMDB · 7

Drama

Synopsis

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A salaryman faces a major life change as his firm undergoes financial difficulties. To add to his troubles, a man claiming to be his long-estranged father shows up at his house requesting shelter. One of the best of Somai's seriocomic studies of the messiness of family life.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Koichi Sato
Hiroshi Nirasaki
Yuki Saito
Mizuho
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Sasaichi
Shiho Fujimura
Mizuho's Mother
Sumiko Fuji
Kimiyi, Hiroshi's Mother
Tomokazu Miura
Hiroshi's Brother
Kimiko Yo
Wife of Hiroshi's Brother
Shinya Tsukamoto
Doctor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinji Sōmai
Writers: Masahiko Murakami, Takehiro Nakajima
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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28 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Shinji Sōmai, shot by Mutsuo Naganuma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Koichi Sato and Yuki Saito and Tsutomu Yamazaki carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0191766 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shinji Sōmai directs. Mutsuo Naganuma behind the camera. Yoshiyuki Okuhara cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Shinji Sōmai, shot by Mutsuo Naganuma. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Yoshiyuki Okuhara shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Koichi Sato and Yuki Saito and Tsutomu Yamazaki carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0191766 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.