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Deep in the Valley (2009)
Directed by Atsushi Funahashi
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Deep in the Valley interlaces a story of young romance set in Yanaka (part of old downtown Tokyo) with a Japanese period drama based on Five-Story Pagoda, a classic literary work by Rohan Koda. In the contemporary story, Kaori, a young woman working for a non-profit organization that restores home movies, learns that there used to be a five-story pagoda in the middle of Yanaka Cemetery. It burned down in 1957, and rumor has it that someone has an 8mm film of the fire.
Length 107 minutes
Actors
Ryôhei Abe | Mayu Satô | Miyoko Ogawa | Yuki Nomura
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/26/2010 | Movie Screen | Digital | Theater | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
Arrived in San Jose around noon, picked up my first ticket to Cinequest Film Festival by 1pm, was in my seat at Camera 12 for the 9:15 US premiere of Deep in the Valley (2009), written & directed by Atsushi Funahashi. Kind of a docu-drama in telling the story about the 5-story pagoda in Kanaka that burned down and the quest to recover old 8mm film of the tragic event… plays out very slowly and deliberately. Could tell that most of the crowd wasn’t very fond of this film but I like it for being very Japanese.
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