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- 2007
- Eleven Arts
- 2 h 2 m
- 2007
- Eleven Arts
- 2 h 2 m
Summary A Japanese drama about Alzheimer's Disease. (Eleven Arts)
Directed By: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Written By: Hiroshi Ogiwara, Hakaru Sunamoto, Yuiko Miura
- 2007
- Eleven Arts
- 2 h 2 m
- 2007
- Eleven Arts
- 2 h 2 m
Memories of Tomorrow
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7.9
Summary A Japanese drama about Alzheimer's Disease. (Eleven Arts)
Directed By: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Written By: Hiroshi Ogiwara, Hakaru Sunamoto, Yuiko Miura
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
68
80% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
20% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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The first movie I’ve seen about the disease that is told from the sick person’s point of view, not that of family members. The director, Yukihiko Tsutsumi, often uses a subjective camera to show the commonplace world melting into bewildering patterns and meanings.
Veers regularly into disease-of-the-week territory but is rescued by the powerhouse performances of Ken Watanabe (who was instrumental in getting the film made) and Kanako Higuchi.
As the wife, pixie-ish Kanako Higuchi provides the perfect accompaniment to Watanabe.
Memories of Tomorrow finally understands that the real victim of this terrible affliction is the partner left behind.
Pulses with firm conviction and gentle sincerity. For Western audiences, opening reels may seem a tad melodramatic, but by journey's end there won't be a dry eye in the house.
Charting its protagonist's agonizing slide into senility, the Japanese melodrama Memories of Tomorrow invites mostly unflattering comparisons with "Away From Her."
Of course, it's no surprise that a melodrama would be melodramatic. But that doesn't mean it has to be graceless--as "Away From Her" shows--and grace, that virtue most characteristic of Japanese film, is what Memories of Tomorrow completely lacks.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.9
88% Positive
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Production Company
Activist Artists Management,
ROAR
Release Date May 18, 2007
Duration 2 h 2 m
Genres
Website
http://www.ashitanokioku.jp/
Awards
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 1 Win & 5 Nominations
Hochi Film Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Kinema Junpo Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
