By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 4.5 cats
Director: Kôji Yakusho
Starring: Eita | Kaoru Yachigusa | Koji Yakusho | Satomi Kabayoshi | Tôru Masuoka
Original language title: Gama no Abura
Country: japan
Year: 2009
Running time: 131
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1248922/
Thom says: “Everyone will be familiar with Yakusho from his handsome, athletic, lead performance in the great Japanese film SHALL WE DANCE. Here, in his first try as a director & script writer, he more than ably directs himself and should cause quite a stir in the international set. A young man dies after being struck by a car and his disconsolate father assumes the son’s identity in connecting over the telephone with the son’s new girlfriend. The father and a friend of the dead man go off on a spiritual odyssey to come to terms with their grief. This lyrical, reflective film has much to offer. 4 1/2 cats”