A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic

2020 1h 34m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 2

Drama

Synopsis

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Saki's father is an alcoholic and her mother is a follower of a new religion. She sees her father's strange behavior and her mother's loneliness. Her family is collapsing, but Saki struggles to look for her future.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Honoka Matsumoto
Saki Tadokoro
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Toshifumi Tadokoro
Yui Imaizumi
Fumi Tadokoro
Yuri Tsunematsu
Jun
Rie Tomosaka
Saeko Tadokoro
Shogo Hama
Satoshi Nakamura
Tamae Ando
Shohei Uno
Shiraishi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kenji Katagiri
Writers: Ayumu Kyuma, Kenji Katagiri, Mariko Kikuchi
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Soma Genda. 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 Nobuyuki Ito 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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Honoka Matsumoto and Kiyohiko Shibukawa and Yui Imaizumi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10514450 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kenji Katagiri directs. Soma Genda scores. Nobuyuki Ito cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 6 years ago.
2Original score by Soma Genda. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
3Editor Nobuyuki Ito shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Honoka Matsumoto and Kiyohiko Shibukawa and Yui Imaizumi carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt10514450 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.