Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Year: 1999
Running Time: 147 min
A man and a woman live together in present-day Tokyo, where many couples are carving out lifestyles outside traditional family roles. When the man's son by a previous marriage arrives unexpectedly to stay a month with the couple, a kind of mock family life begins. M/OTHER was made without a script. After detailed discussions, the cast and crew worked like a group of jazz musicians, improvising under the filmmaker's direction.
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Director
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Nobuhiro Suwa
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Producer
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Sento Takenori
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Production Company
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Suncent CinemaWorks Inc.
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Story
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Nobuhiro Suwa
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Story
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Miura Tomokazu
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Watanabe Makiko
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Cinematography
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Inomoto Masami
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Art Designer
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Hayashi China
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Editor
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Kakesu Shuichi
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Sound
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Kikuchi Nobuyuki
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Lighting
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Sato Yuzuru
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Music
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Suzuki Haruyuki
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Miura Tomokazu
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Takahashi Ryudai
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Watanabe Makiko
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FIPRESCI Award Quinzaine Cannes, Best Film L'Age d'Or Brussel, Best Asian Feature (Woosuk Award) Chonju Korea, Honorable Mention Oslo Films from the South, Official Selections Toronto, Singapore, Taipei Golden Horse, Auckland, Buenos Aires, ICA London, Belgrade, Teplice
M/OTHER is director SUWA Nobuhiro's second feature-length film. His first feature, 2/DUO won the NETPAC award at the 1997 Rotterdam International Film Festival. The film was well received on the international film festival circuit. It has been compared to the work of John Cassavetes and Mike Leigh. Since M/OTHER, he has completed H STORY and AFTER WAR.
2005 A PERFECT COUPLE
2002 AFTER WAR
2001 H STORY
1999 M/OTHER
1997 2 DUO