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Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings
- Summary: Taking its title from the Japanese symbol of the rising sun, Reygadas unapologetically uses widescreen cinema, the most lush of formats, as a backdrop for exploring thorny issues of life and death. (Film Forum)
- Director: Carlos Reygadas
- Genre(s): Drama
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100Japón, isn’t just the wildest eruption of the current Mexican film boom, it's the most fascinating new picture I've seen this year.
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80Its powerfully visual storytelling delivers great rewards as the meditative drama moves into increasingly complex, at times confrontational territory.
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80A notably confident and achieved debut.
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50Tough going for most audiences and should be considered more of a rough draft full of lofty ideas unevenly executed.
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