My Sons (1991)

Original title

息子

Directed by

Yōji Yamada

Genre

romantic comedy

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 01m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 12 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 widowed father in rural Japan struggles to connect with his adult sons as each pursues his own path in life. One son moves to Tokyo and falls in love, while the other stays to run the family farm.

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What happens

My Sons (Japanese: 息子, Hepburn: Musuko) is a 1991 Japanese film directed by Yōji Yamada. It was chosen as Best Film at the Japan Academy Prize ceremony. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.