Warm Water Under a Red Bridge
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is a 2001
Japanese film
by director Shōhei Imamura
. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
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This romantic comedy
tells the story of a salary man who has been laid off from his job at an architectural firm in Tokyo
and is undergoing marital difficulties. When his old friend dies, he travels to the small fishing town of Himi Toyama Prefecture
to find a treasure that the old man had hidden in a house there decades before. He does not find what he expects, but takes a job with local fishermen and becomes romantically involved with a woman with an exaggerated proclivity towards female ejaculation
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2001 in film
The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy...
Japanese film
Cinema of Japan
The has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world – as of 2009 the fourth largest by number of feature films produced. Movies have been produced in Japan since 1897, when the first foreign cameramen arrived...
by director Shōhei Imamura
Shohei Imamura
was a Japanese film director. Imamura was the first Japanese director to win two Palme d'Or awards.His eldest son Daisuke Tengan is also a script writer and film director, and worked on the screenplays to Imamura's filmsThe Eel , Dr...
. This was Imamura's last feature film. It was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival
2001 Cannes Film Festival
The 2001 Cannes Film Festival started on May 14 and ran until May 25. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti.-Jury:* Liv Ullmann, President * Mimmo Calopresti * Charlotte Gainsbourg...
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Plot
Warm Water Under A Red Bridge focuses on the troubles of a Japanese "everyman" who finds a new life with an unusual woman in a small fishing village. Imamura's last film contains considerable commentary on the search for happinessHappiness
Happiness is a mental state of well-being characterized by positive emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. A variety of biological, psychological, religious, and philosophical approaches have striven to define happiness and identify its sources....
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This romantic comedy
Romantic Comedy
Romantic Comedy can refer to* Romantic Comedy , a 1979 play written by Bernard Slade* Romantic Comedy , a 1983 film adapted from the play and starring Dudley Moore and Mary Steenburgen...
tells the story of a salary man who has been laid off from his job at an architectural firm in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and is undergoing marital difficulties. When his old friend dies, he travels to the small fishing town of Himi Toyama Prefecture
Toyama Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Hokuriku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Toyama.Toyama is the leading industrial prefecture on the Japan Sea coast, and has the industrial advantage of cheap electricity due to abundant water resources....
to find a treasure that the old man had hidden in a house there decades before. He does not find what he expects, but takes a job with local fishermen and becomes romantically involved with a woman with an exaggerated proclivity towards female ejaculation
Female ejaculation
Female ejaculation refers to the expulsion of noticeable amounts of clear fluid by human females from the paraurethral ducts through and around the urethra during or before an orgasm...
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Cast
- Kôji Yakusho - Yosuke Sasano
- Misa Shimizu - Saeko Aizawa
- Mitsuko Baisho - Mitsu Aizawa
- Mansaku Fuwa - Gen
- Isao Natsuyagi - Masayuki Uomi
- Yukiya Kitamura - Shintaro Uomi
- Hijiri Kojima - Mika Tagami
- Toshie NegishiToshie Negishi-External links:...
- Tomoko Sasano - Sumiko SakamotoSumiko Sakamotowas born on November 26, 1936 in Osaka, Japan. Sakamoto is a singer and award-winning actress whose heartfelt performances made her a favorite of the late film director Shohei Imamura...
- Masako Yamada - Gadarukanaru Taka - Taizo Tachibana
- Mickey CurtisMickey Curtisis a Japanese actor, singer, and TV celebrity. He began his entertainment career in 1958 as an actor, and later became a rockabilly singer. In 1967, he became internationally known through his avant-garde rock band "Mickey Curtis & The Samurai". After five years, Mickey disbanded the group and...
- Nobuyuki Ohnishi - Takao Yamada - Kazuo Namamura
- Katsuo NakamuraKatsuo Nakamurais a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 5th Japan Academy Prize and at the 6th Hochi Film Award for Kagero-za, Buriki no kunsho, Shikake-nin Baian...
- Takao Yamada - Kazuo Kitamura - Taro
External links
- Mes, Tom. (2001) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (film review) at midnighteye.com
- Warm Water Under a Red Bridge at Rotten TomatoesRotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
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