日本 Japan / 2002 / 108 min / 日語對白，英文字幕
In Japanese with English Subtitles
導演 Dir: 西川美和 Nishikawa Miwa
演員 Cast: 宮迫博之 Miyasako Hiroyuki, 積木美穗 Tsumiki Miho, 平泉成 Hiraizumi Sei, 大谷直子 Otani Naoko

橫濱電影節 最佳新導演
Best New Director, Yokohama Film Festival
日本映畫專業大賞 最佳新導演
Best New Director prize, Japanese Professional Movie Awards

是枝裕和獨具慧眼，為前助導西川美和的首部長片擔任監製，她憑本片獲多個新人獎，一出道才華已獲注目和肯定。父親失業多年卻一直隱瞞家人甚至負債纍纍，母親一直悉心照顧失去自理能力的祖父卻突然決定由他死去，女兒帶未婚夫回家吃飯卻家醜盡露。在祖父的喪禮上，父親的債主臨門，竟然由早被父親趕離家的騙徒兒子擺平。西川灌注不少黑色幽默元素，讓猶如大灑狗血劇場的情節變得清新可口，又驚又喜。由一個面臨崩潰的家庭故事道出日本人的道德枷鎖，反思現代日本隱藏的家庭及社會問題，更探索人類口是心非的能力和真相的難求。

Produced by her mentor Kore-eda Hirokazu, Nishikawa Miwa’s satirical debut feature announced the arrival of a new voice in Japanese cinema. This dark comedy revolves around the Adechis, a seemingly normal, respectable family that uptight teacher Tomoko can bring her fiancé home to meet. But the mask of normalcy is soon torn apart when Tomoko’s mother ignores the distress calls of her senile grandfather and lets him die. Her secretly unemployed father’s debtors disrupt the funeral, but prodigal son Shuji shows up and saves the day with bald-faced lies and ill-gotten funds. Once the black sheep, Shuji suddenly turns into hero while Tomoko struggles to maintain the superficial moral fabric of her crumbling family.

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