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Acclaimed Japanese master Shohei Imamura (The Eel) takes viewers on an adventure as we follow an unemployed businessman’s travels to a remote fishing village in search of hidden treasure in his long-awaited release of Warm Water Under a Red Bridge. In this brilliant erotic parable, businessman Yosuke Sasano finds much more than the treasure he seeks. A beautiful young woman, and her aged grandmother occupy the house in which the riches are hidden. While trying to ingratiate himself with the young woman, he discovers her powerful and unique response to sexual excitement. Warm Water Under a Red Bridge is an exquisite exploration of female desire, and is perhaps the freshest and most exuberant example of the work of Shohei Imamura, one of Japan’s most celebrated directors.
Special Features
- Star and Director filmographies
- Scene selection
- Tony McKibben film notes
- Original theatrical trailer
- World Cinema trailer reel
DVD Technical Information:
- Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 1.85:1
- Running Time: 120 minutes approx
- Language: Japanese
- Subtitles: English
- PAL
- Disc Format: DVD-5
- Region Code: 0 (All)
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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I first saw this film on BBC4, and I've been looking for it on DVD ever since. You might think that the cultural difference between the West and the Asian nations means that Japanese film-makers can't produce an erotic movie, but you couldn't be further from the truth. This film is definitely erotic, but not in the blatant, gratuitous way that we've come to expect and loathe from Hollywood producers. It also has a comic element that makes you smile rather laugh out loud. The acting is superb and the locations genuine, giving the film a pleasant cultural feel. I sincerely hope that the East continue to make films of this calibre and never stoop to the low levels of so-called cinematic entertainment of western film-makers.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This is a film about life, it does have some erotic moments, but it not just about erotism, if you watched it just for that element I suspect you would be dissapointed. The sex scenes are emotionally charged but at the same time quite funny in a very charming way. It sometimes has the subtleties of an arthouse French film and touched on things totally unexpected from a Japanese film -such as the main characters failure in his work, marriage and general success in life, polar opposites to the typical Japanese achievment ethic, this shows a different side of the Japanese character, one that is perhaps born of the strange world of recession the Japanese have recently found themselves in.
The tramp - the main characters friend and confidant - is a wonderful sage character and has some terrific observations on what is the mad world we all find ourselves living in. He sends our hero on a search for hidden treasure, and he finds a girl, a girl with a very odd problem of the H2O variety this is where the kinky sex comes in, which at times is absolutely hilarious. He comes to her in search of treasure an almost mythical golden Buddha hidden in the house by the red bridge, he doesn't find the Buddha but much much more.
This is a feel good film, but not in a cheap obvious way, watch it and learn something about life and terrific film making.
The tramp - the main characters friend and confidant - is a wonderful sage character and has some terrific observations on what is the mad world we all find ourselves living in. He sends our hero on a search for hidden treasure, and he finds a girl, a girl with a very odd problem of the H2O variety this is where the kinky sex comes in, which at times is absolutely hilarious. He comes to her in search of treasure an almost mythical golden Buddha hidden in the house by the red bridge, he doesn't find the Buddha but much much more.
This is a feel good film, but not in a cheap obvious way, watch it and learn something about life and terrific film making.
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This is certainly a film which needs several viewings - as with anything subtitled it doesn't come off the screen as a film does where one is a fluent speaker of the characters' language. It becomes increasingly funny and endearing each time I see it. This last time I realised that it's a Japanese take on the plot of "The History of Mr Polly" - a man disillusioned with his life unintentionally escapes to a backwater and finds unlooked for happiness and a treasure very different from that he thought he was seeking. It's also laced with sight gags you don't notice at first - such as his repeated overtaking of the trainee marathon runner as he rushes back from work in answer the signals of his delightfully needy girlfriend.
It isn't erotic, it's loving and passionate and gentle and every time I view it it becomes less odd and more about the fundamental joys of being alive and encountering the oddities of the people you meet.
Do give it a chance to sink in - it's one you will find yourself smiling over long after watching.
It isn't erotic, it's loving and passionate and gentle and every time I view it it becomes less odd and more about the fundamental joys of being alive and encountering the oddities of the people you meet.
Do give it a chance to sink in - it's one you will find yourself smiling over long after watching.
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ok
This is probably not a movie you will remember long after you've seen it, but I still enjoyed seeing it. The story is lovely, but the acting could have been a lot better.
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