Suzaku (1997)

Original title

萌の朱雀

Directed by

Naomi Kawase

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 35m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in a remote Japanese village slowly falls apart. The story follows their quiet struggles as their way of life fades.

slow-burnmelancholicintimatesubduedgentlecontemplativequietly sorrowfulnaturalistic

What happens

Suzaku (Japanese: 萌の朱雀, Hepburn: Moe no Suzaku) is a Japanese fiction film from 1997 written and directed by Naomi Kawase (in her feature directorial debut). The film follows the dissolution of a small rural Japanese family. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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