Melodrama has always been one of the most crowd-pleasing genres, with its themes of misery and triumphing love appealing to a rather large demographic. As such, it comes as no surprise that Atg filmmakers also dealt with the specific genre, with Kenji Yoshida coming up with a movie that seems to want to somewhat reinvigorate the category by introducing strong elements of social commentary.
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Katsuo is a young man who is trying to escape the place he was born, where the dominant mining business is essentially closing down, which is why he has come to Tokyo, where he ends up working as a high rise windows cleaner. Before that, however, he was working at a dump truck business, where we find him for the first time, “accommodating” the needs of a widow whose recently deceased husband looks like him.
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Katsuo is a young man who is trying to escape the place he was born, where the dominant mining business is essentially closing down, which is why he has come to Tokyo, where he ends up working as a high rise windows cleaner. Before that, however, he was working at a dump truck business, where we find him for the first time, “accommodating” the needs of a widow whose recently deceased husband looks like him.
- 9/11/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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