The Real Thing

Name: The Real Thing
Genre: Drama
Released: June 4, 2021
Duration: 232 min
Rating: 68
Cast: Akari Fukunaga, Kaho Tsuchimura, Kei Ishibashi, Shôhei Uno, Shûgo Oshinari

2021

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Film Movement | Release Date: June 4, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Akari Fukunaga, Kaho Tsuchimura, Kei Ishibashi, Shôhei Uno, Shûgo Oshinari, Win Morisaki, Yukiya Kitamura

Summary: After a floundering toy salesman rescues a beguiling woman whose car was stuck on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures that turn his life upside down. While his once humdrum routine was already complicated by two female co-workers, he soon finds himself entrenched with gangsters, strangeAfter a floundering toy salesman rescues a beguiling woman whose car was stuck on the train tracks, she inadvertently whisks him into an epic series of misadventures that turn his life upside down. While his once humdrum routine was already complicated by two female co-workers, he soon finds himself entrenched with gangsters, strange interlopers, kidnapping and other sundry crimes and misdemeanors. [Film Movement]… Expand

Director: Kôji Fukada

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 232 min

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The Film Stage Glenn Heath Jr.

Jun 4, 2021

Enough coincidence and happenstance exists in this film to fill a dozen studio love stories, but that doesn’t mean any of it is unearned. There’s no safety net here, making Tsuji and Ukiyo’s epic tale of unrequited love, absence, and yearning the ultimate leap of faith. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

The film reveals Kôji Fukada to be playing a patient, very resonant long game, underscoring the struggle to wrest oneself out of social vices. Read full review

Liam Lacey

Jun 1, 2021

Though it comes with good credentials, four hours feels like a lot of screen real estate for a what is essentially an elevated soap opera. For the home-streaming viewer though, The Real Thing meets the essential requirements for binge-watching: it’s undemanding to follow but sustains enough of a mystery to keep us hooked. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jun 3, 2021

There’s no selling out here. No concessions to mainstream taste. On the contrary, The Real Thing might be the purest — if not the most concise — work yet from an emerging auteur who’s singularly compelled by the friction between public order and private chaos. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 24, 2021

A tale of boy-meets-girl, girl-wrecks-boys-life told with sublime melancholy by Japanese auteur Kôji Fukada, The Real Thing plays like the darkest “romantic comedy” you ever saw. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Jun 4, 2021

There are a lot of fragmentary ideas in The Real Thing, but they’re not cohesive or worthwhile as they’re loosely formed into one grey 232-minute lump. Read full review

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