Let's Go to the Hospital

1990 1h 58m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 2

Comedy

Synopsis

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When a hard-driving copywriter (Hiroyuki Sanada) discovers his comely wife (Keiko Saito) is involved in a scintillating game of strip rock-paper-scissors with some guy clad only in a pair of boxer shorts and Mickey Mouse ears, he is less than happy. When the stranger tries to make a run for it, a fight ensues between the two men, and they accidentally tumble down several flights of a concrete stairwell. One hurried ambulance ride later, the copywriter finds himself in a private teaching hospital equipped with the latest gleaming gizmos. Meanwhile, a young internist (Hiroko Yakushimaru) girds herself for her first emergency room case -- the battered copywriter. After giving a curt bow and a nervous "Good Evening," she accidentally jams a syringe into his bloody wound. Soon the absurdity of their situation, along with their medical misery, binds the two men and their blundering nurse together.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hiroyuki Sanada
Kohei Shintani
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Midori Yoshikawa
Yasuo Daichi
Totsuo Kisaragi
Atsumi Hiraguri
Tsuyoshi Ihara
Hizaki
Yoshihiro Kato
Sakaki
Toshinori Omi
Sasazo
Kyusaku Shimada
Anzai

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yojiro Takita
Writers: Nobuyuki Isshiki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yojiro Takita, shot by Takeshi Hamada. 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 Chikako Takahashi. 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 Isao Tomita 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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Hiroyuki Sanada and Hiroko Yakushimaru and Yasuo Daichi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0321565 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yojiro Takita directs. Takeshi Hamada behind the camera. Chikako Takahashi scores. Isao Tomita cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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136 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Yojiro Takita, shot by Takeshi Hamada. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Chikako Takahashi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Isao Tomita shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Hiroyuki Sanada and Hiroko Yakushimaru and Yasuo Daichi carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0321565 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.