Suzaku
Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.
Director(s)
Naomi Kawase
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badelf
I interpret this film as a slow, meditative thesis on the wabi-sabi of generational change. Like the fleeting cherry blossoms, the Japanese have reverence and respect for impermanence and imperfection. In the middle of the film, we heard an older man ask "How will our young find someone to marry (if the railroad is not built)?" Everyone is aware of the traditional village dissolving, yet only Kozo is unable to live with this. He disappears. Yasuyo moves away taking Machiko with her. Eisuke, who was, and still is, afraid of the ghosts in the tunnel (the past?) decides to remain in the village, perhaps only because the tradition of living with family still resides in him. We in the Western world do not seem to appreciate the trajectory of change in our own culture. Even viewed through the lens of our contemporary ADD, this film is good.
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Naomi Kawase is the director of Suzaku.
The cast of Suzaku includes Sayaka Yamaguchi as Young Michiru, Jun Kunimura as Kozo Tahara, Machiko Ono as Michiru Tahara, Sachiko Izumi as Sachiko, Kotaro Shibata as Eisuke, Yasuyo Kamimura as Yasuyo, and Kazufumi Mukohira as Young Eisuke.
The duration of Suzaku is 1h 35 mins.
Yes. You can watch the Suzaku trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
Suzaku was released on 01 Nov 1997.
Suzaku is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
Suzaku has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I interpret this film as a slow, meditative thesis on the wabi-sabi of generational change. Like the fleeting cherry blossoms, the Japanese have reverence and respect for imperm..."
