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It's about time someone started a thread on this...


A few months ago, this film was released in the UK for the 1st time on DVD. Being a huge fan of Asian cinema, and interested in checking out a non-samurai/ non-yakuza Japanese film, I bought it. It's a very slow film, but there is enough inventiveness, and interesting twists and turns to keep you entertained. It's also visually striking at some points. There are more questions asked than answers given, but this is one of many things that leaves you thinking about it afterwards.

8/10

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I have just seen this and I think it´s amazing, I can´t understand how isn´t there any thread on this or a decent comment!! I think I like this film as much as Woman in the dunes.....

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It's a great film along with the companion pieces, Woman in the Dunes and Face of Another. I rank all of them highly. Face of Another is my favorite, though that is not the common wisdom. But seeing all three films, all based on Kobo Abe's novels, will inform them all. If you like the films, read the books and vice versa, though the films are all very faithful to their originals, at least more so than many novel-based films.

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I don't think it's as technically perfect as Woman in the Dunes, but it is still very good. As the OP said, it has a few nice twists.

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Pitfall is great like Woman in the Dunes and Face of Another, but my favorite still is Woman in the Dunes.

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i liked it too, not as much as Woman In The Dunes though






so many movies, so little time

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