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Japanese Story

19 October, 2003 6:09 PM

Just saw Japanese Story starring Toni Collette and Gotaro Tsunashim. Its been receiving pretty good reviews in the papers, but I'm afraid I found it rather slow.

The basic plot is about a Japanese man visiting the outback of Australia who falls in love with an Australian woman. There were some good things about the movie — the first half was interesting. The interaction between Japanese and Australian cultures, some amazing scenery (its my favourite part of the world) and some humorous scenes. It was ok until they fell in love — and then I'm afraid I began to doze. Toni was good, but the characters all seemed underdeveloped but the plot ...well it lost the plot. 5 out of 10.

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I take it you've never been to the South Island of New Zealand... ;)

Regan » 21 October, 2003 5:59 AM

I really liked the start of the film and the middel of it, however i thought the end of the film dragged on a little. Certain scenes were well filmed and i was impressed by Australia's deserts. I didn't really get what the film was trying to convey... ...

Jazman » 30 November, 2003 10:14 PM

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