Her Love Boils Bathwater

2016 2h 5m JA

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7.4

SOLID

★7.4TMDB · 64

Drama

Synopsis

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After being diagnosed with a terminal illness, Futaba resolves to spend her remaining time reuniting her broken family, reopening the long-closed bathhouse, and helping her shy daughter Azumi learn to stand on her own.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Rie Miyazawa
Futaba Kono
Hana Sugisaki
Azumi Kono
Joe Odagiri
Kazuhiro Kono
Tori Matsuzaka
Takumi Mukai
Aoi Ito
Ayuko Katase
Yukiko Shinohara
Kimie Sakamaki
Taro Suruga
Takimoto
Nanoka Matsubara
Rumi Miyata

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ryota Nakano
Writers: Ryota Nakano
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Ryota Nakano, shot by Yoshihiro Ikeuchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Masahide Kôra 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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Rie Miyazawa and Hana Sugisaki and Joe Odagiri carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt4778500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 64 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ryota Nakano directs. Yoshihiro Ikeuchi behind the camera. Takashi Watanabe scores. Masahide Kôra cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Directed by Ryota Nakano, shot by Yoshihiro Ikeuchi. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Takashi Watanabe. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Masahide Kôra shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Rie Miyazawa and Hana Sugisaki and Joe Odagiri carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt4778500 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 64 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 11 themes, including "japan", "husband wife relationship", "bath house", "deaf".

The technical file

Cinematography: Yoshihiro Ikeuchi
Original score: Takashi Watanabe
Editing: Masahide Kôra
Makeup / hair: Tomoko Chiba
Runtime: 125 min · 2h 5m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Her Love Boils Bathwater (2016)

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badelf2021-12-21
★ 8/10
It begins as some simple, little, family drama. Before you can get bored, Nakano adds another twist, and another, and another ... It becomes comical, heart rending and heart warming. And it has something to say about what love really is.

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