Before Spring (1980)

Original title

海潮音

Directed by

Hōjin Hashiura

Genre

drama

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 07m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 7 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

In a coastal town in northern Japan, a teenage girl watches the adults around her struggle with a woman who collapses and loses her memory. The story unfolds through her eyes at an old family estate.

slow-burnmelancholicdreamlikeunderstatedpoignantvisually quietintrospectiveambiguous

What happens

『海潮音』（かいちょうおん）は、1980年9月20日公開の日本映画。橋浦方人脚本・監督。荻野目慶子、池部良主演。シネマハウト、ATG製作。ATG配給。1979年2月1日付で長くATG社長を務めた井関種雄に代わり、ATG二代目社長に就任した佐々木史朗のプロデュース第一作。 北陸の海沿いの町のとある旧家を舞台に、行き倒れて記憶を失った女をめぐる大人たちの葛藤を、思春期の少女の視線で描く。石川県の海辺の町でオールロケを行い、舞台となる旧家は重要文化財指定の建物を使用して撮影された。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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