Sawako Decides ( Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa )

Sawako Decides (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kawa no soko kara konnichi wa
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Surround )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
112 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Yûya Ishii

Written By:
Yûya Ishii

Actors:
Hikari Mitsushima ..... Sawako
Kotaro Shiga ..... Tadao
Ryô Iwamatsu ..... Nobuo
Kira Aihara ..... Kayoko
Masashi Endô ..... Kenichi
Makiko Amuro
Kurt Chiba
Katsuki Emura
Yumi Hirose
Miyoko Inagawa
Toshiaki Inomata
Tsubasa Itô
Tsubasa Kikuchi
Tomiko Kudô
Emi Makino

Synopsis:

A decidedly ordinary woman attracts an unusual amount of problems in this comedy from Japanese director Ishii Yuya. Sawako (Mitsushima Hikari) has been living in Tokyo for five years but still feels like a fish out of water in the big city; she's had five different jobs since moving to the city, just as many boyfriends, and she doesn't feel like she's hit the jackpot with either. Sawako earns her living at a toy company where she's constantly belittled by her colleagues, and she's dating Kenichi (Endo Masashi), a single father who dotes on his daughter Kayoko (Ahira Kira) but seems more interested in recycling than in Sawako. Sawako has started to think that she should give up on life in Tokyo and go back to the coastal town where she was born and sign on with the family business. However, in her hometown Sawako is regarded as the black sheep of the family who though canning clams wasn't good enough for her, and she's a target for even more abuse when she and Kenichi decide to give it a try. Kawa No Soko Kara Konichi Wa (aka Sawako Decides) was an official selection at the 2010 Berlin International Film Festival.

Quirky Japanese comedy about a working class woman who decides to change her life through sheer willpower. Mitsushima Hikari stars as Sawako, a small-town girl who ran away from home to Tokyo five years ago but whose dreams have come to nothing. Stuck in a dead end job and disillusioned with love after a string of hopeless men, she returns with her co-worker and boyfriend-of-sorts Kenichi (Endo Masashi) to her home town to help out at her father's clam-packing factory after he is taken ill. There she decides to re-invent the business and overcome the mediocrities of her life, even if the change is by necessity one of attitude rather than circumstance.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 05 November, 2011.

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