Mitsuko Delivers ( Hara ga kore nande )

Mitsuko Delivers (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Hara ga kore nande
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Vancouver International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
109 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Yûya Ishii

Written By:
Yûya Ishii

Actors:
Riisa Naka ..... Mitsuko
Aoi Nakamura ..... Yoichi
Ryo Ishibashi ..... Jiro
Yukijirô Hotaru
Miyoko Inagawa
Yoshimasa Kondô
Ryû Morioka
Shirô Namiki
Momoka Ohno
Keiko Saito
Miyako Takeuchi
Rishô Takigawa
Shigeyuki Totsugi

Synopsis:

Electrifying Japanese talent Yûya Ishii's (A Man With Style) breathless new comedy tells the story of a thirtysomething woman (Riisa Naka, Summer Wars) who's at a delicate juncture in life; alone, flat broke and to top it all nine-months pregnant. Her folks think she's in California living the high life with her baby's GI father. In fact she's in Tokyo, searching for a purpose, and eventually finding one in the ramshackle working-class alley where she grew up. The place reeks of destitution and bone idleness, but Mitsuko's infectious get-up-and-go attitude soon compels the locals to roll up their sleeves and restore the alley to its former glory. Mitsuko Delivers is original, fanciful and adventurous - quintessentially Japanese.

The heroine, Mitsuko (an excellent Riisa Naka), is heavily pregnant and left to deal alone with the imminent birth of her son after her American boyfriend dumps her. She doesn't dwell on the past, fleetingly looking at a photograph of near naked guys partying and later matter-of-factly commenting "He was kind of big and really black". Her new neighbour rejects her offers of kindness and when she tries to sell items to make money to pay for medical bills, she ends up being charged a removal fee. Moving out with nothing more than a suitcase to her name, Mitsuko remains remarkably calm, giving her last remaining coins to a sad-looking man at the bus stop.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 29 August, 2012.

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