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House (1977)
Directed by Nobuhiko Ōbayashi
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Overview
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
Rated NR | Length 88 minutes
Actors
Kimiko Ikegami | Miki Jinbo | Kumiko Ohba | Ai Matsubara | Mieko Satoh | Eriko Tanaka | Masayo Miyako | Yôko Minamida | Kiyohiko Ozaki | Saho Sasazawa | Asei Kobayashi | Mitsutoshi Ishigami | Ippei Hara | Tetsuo Kanai | Shôichi Hirose | Yasumasa Ônishi | Midori Naitô | Kiyoko Tsuji | Tomokazu Miura | Fumi Dan | Godiego | Haruko Wanibuchi | Gregg Painter | Kazuo Satsuya | Chigumi Ôbayashi | Nobuhiko Ōbayashi | Kyôko Ôbayashi | Chiho Katsura
Viewing History (seen 2 times)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/15/2023 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Borrowed | 8 stars |
| 02/12/2010 | TV | Other | Other | 6 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
It was great to revisit this amazing film! The last time I saw this was for a movie night at my house back in Batavia, so it’s been 13 years. While I remembered the gist of the story I didn’t remember specific details about it. It was great to be exposed to its visual style again and pick up on so many little things in the background that I probably missed the first time around (like the sunny sky billboard behind the bus when it stops to let the girls off in the countryside).
I also read this as a metaphor representing how the national trauma of war, specifically WWII in this case, continues to get passed down from generation to generation, adversely affecting the younger generations’ lives even though they had no direct involvement.
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