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  • 2017
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  • 2017
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Summary Life for Toshio (Kanji Furutachi), his wife Akie (Mariko Tsutsui) and their young daughter Hotaru (Momone Shinokawa) carries on as usual until he hires the mysterious Mr. Yasaka (Tadanobu Asano), an old acquaintance dressed in white who has just been released from prison. [Film Movement]

Directed By: Kôji Fukada

Written By: Kôji Fukada

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 2 h
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Film Movement
  • 2 h

Harmonium

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 16 Critic Reviews
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84
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Life for Toshio (Kanji Furutachi), his wife Akie (Mariko Tsutsui) and their young daughter Hotaru (Momone Shinokawa) carries on as usual until he hires the mysterious Mr. Yasaka (Tadanobu Asano), an old acquaintance dressed in white who has just been released from prison. [Film Movement]

Directed By: Kôji Fukada

Written By: Kôji Fukada

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Metascore
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100
Jun 21, 2017
In the riveting, masterfully executed Harmonium, bad karma pays a visit to a family — and overstays its welcome. It’s a bleak film, no doubt, yet it remains engrossing throughout with its genuinely surprising twists and outstanding acting.
By David Lewis FULL REVIEW
90
Jun 13, 2017
Shot in a meticulous yet unmannered style, the film provides the veteran cast with an ideal framework to mount masterful performances.
By Maggie Lee FULL REVIEW
88
Jun 13, 2017
Throughout Harmonium, writer-director Kôji Fukada works in a rapt and lucid hyper-textural style that suggests a merging of the sensibilities of Alfred Hitchcock and Yasujirô Ozu.
By Chuck Bowen FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 6, 2017
Fukada’s take on family is genuinely bleak — what he sees is loneliness together instead of real companionship, and all the problems that arise from manufactured togetherness. But his storytelling instincts are solid, and his actors always bring humanity to their darkest impulses and saddest epiphanies.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 13, 2017
This is a provocative, intelligent movie for those with a strong emotional constitution.
By Tom Huddleston FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 13, 2017
Harmonium remains a deeply affecting narrative of guilt, consequence and failed redemption.
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75
Jun 16, 2017
Harmonium is consistently about mood more than anything else. You sink into the film at first. Then, with each new leisurely introduced plot point, you struggle to regain your sense of calm since, after a while, the film's protagonists are doing the exact same thing.
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.7
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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78% Positive
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Production Company Comme des Cinémas, Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Nagoya TV), Mam, Aeon Entertainment, Elephant House, Asahi Shimbun, L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde, Mountain Gate Productions
Release Date Jun 16, 2017
Duration 2 h
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Website https://www.hakkadistribution.com/hakka-film/harmonium/
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Awards

Asian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Las Palmas Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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