Repast (1951)

Original title

めし

Directed by

Mikio Naruse

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

U

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A married woman in Osaka feels trapped in a repetitive life of household chores and a distant husband. She begins to question her happiness and whether her marriage can be revived.

introspectivequotidianmelancholicquietobservationalrestrainedevocative

What happens

Repast (Japanese: めし, Hepburn: Meshi) is a 1951 Japanese drama and shōshimin-eiga film directed by Mikio Naruse and starring Setsuko Hara. It is based on the final and unfinished novel by Fumiko Hayashi, and was the first in a series of adaptations of her work by the director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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