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Utsushimi

Utsushimi

2000Movie⏱️ 1h 50m
ComedyDramaRomance
6.3
IMDB Rating
284 votes

This faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against time to create art and help a young girl in love.

Director
Sion Sono
Writers
N/A
Stars
Shinichirô Arakawa, Nobuyoshi Araki, Kazushi Fueki
Release Date
December 16, 2000
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
💬 1
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Shinichirô Arakawa
as Self
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Nobuyoshi Araki
as Self
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Kazushi Fueki
as Taxi driver
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Ginji
as Coach of boxing gym
👤
Keiko Hamaguchi
as High school girl
👤
Masato Iida
👤
Yûya Ishikawa
Akaji Maro
Akaji Maro
as Self
👤
Tomoyuki Moriyama
👤
Kana Sakurai

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Aichi Arts Center

🏷️ Keywords

hachikorestauranteurrunning on a treadmillman carries a girlman wears eyeglasses

🎯 Categories

JapaneseDark ComedyComedyDramaRomance

⭐ Featured Review

Utsushimi
by RaulFerreiraZem2022-03-21
6/10

"I have some contradictory feelings about this one. I like how brutalist it is. By that i mean how it always puts the film making process in front of the film itself. That by itself it nothing new but i think that Utsushimi does it particularly well. I also like the lead actress. Really charismatic. But the film in itself is kind of rough. There are a lot of long dragging (to me) uninteresting scenes, such as the dance rehearsal one. Even the Araki scene is kind of meh and i'm' a huge Araki fan. The thing is that all we actually see him do is photograph nude models. And yes that is mo..."

📖 Synopsis

This faux-documentary follows a butoh master, a fashion designer, and a filmmaker racing against time to create art and help a young girl in love.