Underplayed Gems

Yoko (2023)

Yoko poster
Original title
658km、陽子の旅
Directed by
Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 53m
Rated
IIB
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 woman who has been shut in her home for years after her dreams were crushed must hitchhike from Tokyo to her hometown in Aomori. Along the way she is forced to interact with strangers and begins to heal her emotional wounds.

melancholiccontemplativelonelyhealingroad-tripslow-pacedintrospectiveyearning

What happens

『658km、陽子の旅』(ろっぴゃくごじゅうはちキロ、ようこのたび)は、2022年の日本のドラマ映画。 夢に破れ傷つき長らく引きこもっていた就職氷河期世代の独身女性が、東京から故郷の青森県弘前市へ向かう途中で不意にヒッチハイクを強いられ、これまで避けてきた他人との向き合いを余儀なくされるうちに、心を癒していく様を描いたロードムービーである。 「TSUTAYA CREATORS' PROGRAM FILM 2019」脚本部門で審査員特別賞を受賞した室井孝介の脚本をベースに、『海炭市叙景』『私の男』の熊切和嘉監督が映画を仕上げた。主役の孤独な女性・陽子役には、日本国外で多数の出演歴がある菊地凛子が起用され、その他の役には、竹原ピストル、黒沢あすか、見上愛、浜野謙太、仁村紗和、篠原篤、吉澤健、風吹ジュン、オダギリジョーらが配された。2023年、第25回上海国際映画祭にて、最優秀作品賞、最優秀脚本賞(室井孝介・浪子想)、最優秀女優賞(菊地凛子)の3賞を受賞した。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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