Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Still Walking”

on screen at Nuart Theatre,

West Los Angles

 

Friday, Sept 4 - 10, 2009

 

Nuart Theatre

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/LosAngeles/NuartTheatre.htm

 

11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, just west of the 405 Freeway

West Los Angeles, CA 90025

 

(310) 281-8223

 

 

Film “Still Walking”

 

Daily: 4:30, 7:15, 9:15

Plus Fri-Mon: 1:45

 

Ryota is the 40-year-old son of the Yokoyama family. He has recently married

a widow, who is joining him on a rare visit home.

 

Only his elderly parents now live in the house, which once doubled as a

flourishing medical clinic. The annex, a medical examining room still boasting

a wall of pharmaceuticals, remains unchanged, though the patriarchal doctor

has retired.

 

Despite the unchanged outward appearances, everything has slightly aged.

Ryota and his siblings have gathered with their parents to remember Junpei,

the eldest son, who drowned while saving another 15 years earlier.

 

Writer/director Hirokazu Kore-eda's characters come sharply to life,

exchanging dialogue that both delights and tugs at your heart. As the film

unfolds, brimming with compelling realism, it reveals the modest joys and

gentle sorrows that accompany the realization that life must inevitably move

on.

 

The Yokoyamas are a typical dysfunctional family, bonded by love as well

as resentments and secrets.

 

With a subtle balance of gentle humor and wistful sorrow, Kore-eda (Nobody

Knows, After Life, Maborosi) portrays just how difficult, and exactly how

precious, family can be.

 

(Fully subtitled)

 

Official Web Site

http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/still-walking

 

Los Angeles Times Review by Saul Austerlitz, September 6, 2009

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-hirokazu6-2009sep06,0,782079.story

 

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast: Hiroshi Abe, Yui Natsukawa, You, Kazuya Takahashi, Shohei Tanaka, Kirin Kiki, Yoshio Harada

MPAA Rating: NR

Run Time: 1hr 54mins

Release Year: 2008

Country Of Origin: Japan