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2013
Olive Films
2 h 9 m

2013
Olive Films
2 h 9 m

Himizu

Summary Himizu tells the powerful story of two teenagers’ struggle to live in dystopian future Japan destroyed by a natural disaster. Keiko (Fumi Nikaido) is a fourteen year old girl obsessed with Yuichi (Shota Sometani), in fact she is self admittedly his stalker. She collects his words and wallpapers her room with them, repeating them like a p...

Directed By: Sion Sono

Written By: Minoru Furuya, Sion Sono

2013
Olive Films
2 h 9 m

2013
Olive Films
2 h 9 m

Himizu

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

66

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

7.3

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Summary Himizu tells the powerful story of two teenagers’ struggle to live in dystopian future Japan destroyed by a natural disaster. Keiko (Fumi Nikaido) is a fourteen year old girl obsessed with Yuichi (Shota Sometani), in fact she is self admittedly his stalker. She collects his words and wallpapers her room with them, repeating them like a p...

Directed By: Sion Sono

Written By: Minoru Furuya, Sion Sono

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

44% Positive
4 Reviews

56% Mixed
5 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews

44% Positive
4 Reviews

56% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mar 11, 2014

Sion Sono's film is a vision of coming of age as trial by fire, a thunderous encapsulation of that period of transition in which adolescents try to discover themselves: their passions, their purpose, their sense of morality.

By Kenji Fujishima FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Mar 13, 2014

Mr. Sono uses sound, a low, grumbling noise like an earthquake, to convey this chaos. He also gives the film a harrowing cacophony and a sense of trauma with sound effects, including subtle echoes.

By Miriam Bale FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Mar 13, 2014

Young leads Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaidou – both experienced film actors – grow in stature as the film progresses to the achingly real final scene, where they are extraordinarily intense and effective.

By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW

Mar 13, 2014

Because Sono tries to set the manga’s storyline, with its stylized violence, in the very real, post-earthquake/tsunami disaster area, Himizu struggles to find a coherent tone.

By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW

Mar 11, 2014

It offers a surreal slant on post-Fukushima Japan where aggression lurks in every scene - even the romantic ones between high-schooler Yuichi (Shôta Sometani) and his stalker classmate, Keiko (Fumi Nikaidô).

Mar 11, 2014

Over-the-top but blackly funny along the way.

By David Parkinson FULL REVIEW

Mar 11, 2014

Intermittently refreshing yet thoroughly unpleasant.

By Pete Vonder Haar FULL REVIEW

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User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

83% Positive
5 Ratings

0% Mixed
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17% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings

83% Positive
5 Ratings

0% Mixed
0 Ratings

17% Negative
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Details

Production Company Gaga, Himizu Film Partners, Kôdansha, Studio Three Co. Ltd.

Release Date Jan 18, 2013

Duration 2 h 9 m

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Website http://himizu.gaga.ne.jp/

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Awards

Venice Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Deauville Asian Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Awards of the Japanese Academy

• 2 Nominations

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