Beautiful Sunday

"And sometimes we can fight."

1998 1h 33m JA

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7.6

BANGER

★7.6TMDB · 8

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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A droll and formalistic comic drama about the various relationships among, and odd obsessions of, the residents of a Tokyo apartment block.

“And sometimes we can fight.”

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Cast

Momoko Bitô
Teruyuki Kagawa
Ittoku Kishibe
Masatoshi Nagase
Kumi Nakamura
Yutaka Suzuki
Tsutomu Yamazaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tetsuya Nakashima
Writers: Tetsuya Nakashima
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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2 / 8

CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, shot by Shôichi Atô. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

CAST

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Momoko Bitô and Teruyuki Kagawa and Ittoku Kishibe carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "And sometimes we can fight.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0167787 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Tetsuya Nakashima directs. Shôichi Atô behind the camera. Chiaki Toyama cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, shot by Shôichi Atô. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Chiaki Toyama shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Momoko Bitô and Teruyuki Kagawa and Ittoku Kishibe carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "And sometimes we can fight.".
7IMDB entry: tt0167787 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.