Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (US Version) DVD Region 1

Shohei Imamura's WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE stars the spirited Koji Yakusho as a Tokyo businessman whose company has recently gone bankrupt, leaving him unemployed. Estranged from his wife and with time on his hands, Yosuke (Koji) remembers a story told to him by a recently deceased friend, Taro (Kazuo Kitamura), about a hidden treasure. Not necessarily convinced that he'll find anything, Yosuke is nonetheless curious about the legend. He takes a train to a suburban fishing village and follows Taro's directions to the treasure--which, surprisingly, seem to be accurate. The only complication is a young woman, the mystifying, beautiful, and deeply bizarre Saeko (Miza Shimuzu), who lives in the house where Taro's clues lead. Imbued with magic, mystery, hope, and an overflowing sense of relief, WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE is Imamura's comic chef d'oeuvre. The plot is thoroughly funny in a soft, trying, intelligent way and the characters are well developed and wonderfully tangible. Drifting photography of the ocean, the streams running through the small village into to a local canal, and less obvious sources of "vital essence" illustrate the film's message: good water can be a purifying and reinvigorating conductor of life's currents.

"...Composed and photographed with effortless assurance and appealingly acted by its romantic leads..." - Tom, Dawson (Total Film Critic), Total Film, 04/01/2002

"...WARM WATER shows a grace and ease that its 75-year-old director has certainly earned..." - Peter, Matthews (Sight And Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 04/01/2002

"...BRIDGE plays like a nutty psychological mystery..." - Elvis, Mitchell (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 05/03/2002

"...Loaded with whimsy and obvious skill..." - Chris, Chang (Film Comment Critic), Film Comment, 05/01/2002

"...[A] superb, darkly comic fable....Imamura is a vital, fearless filmmaker who tempers bleak, often satirical humor with compassion...He is invariably complex, provocative and unpredictable..." - Kevin, Thomas (Film critic), Los Angeles Times, 07/19/2002

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Product Title:	Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (US Version) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (US Version) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (US Version) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (US Version) Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Yakusho Koji (Actor) | Shimizu Misa (Actor) | Shimoyama Ten (Actor) | Toshie Negishi (Actor) | Kitamura Yukiya (Actor) | Manasaku Fuwa (Actor) | Baisho Mitsuko | Imamura Shohei | Suo Masayuki | tomikawa motofumi | Keith Addis (Actor) 役所廣司 (Actor) | 清水美砂 (Actor) | 下山天 (Actor) | 根岸季衣 (Actor) | 北村有起哉 (Actor) | Manasaku Fuwa (Actor) | 倍賞美津子 | 今村昌平 | 周防 正行 | tomikawa motofumi | Keith Addis (Actor) 役所广司 (Actor) | 清水美砂 (Actor) | Shimoyama Ten (Actor) | 根岸季衣 (Actor) | 北村有起哉 (Actor) | Manasaku Fuwa (Actor) | 倍赏美津子 | 今村昌平 | Suo Masayuki | tomikawa motofumi | Keith Addis (Actor) 役所広司 (Actor) | 清水美砂 (Actor) | 下山天 (Actor) | 根岸季衣 (Actor) | 北村有起哉 (Actor) | Manasaku Fuwa (Actor) | 倍賞美津子 | 今村昌平 | 周防正行 | 富川元文／著 | Keith Addis (Actor) Yakusho Koji (Actor) | Shimizu Misa (Actor) | Shimoyama Ten (Actor) | Toshie Negishi (Actor) | Kitamura Yukiya (Actor) | Manasaku Fuwa (Actor) | Baisho Mitsuko | Imamura Shohei | Suo Masayuki | tomikawa motofumi | Keith Addis (Actor)
Director:	Imamura Shohei 今村昌平 今村昌平 今村昌平 Imamura Shohei
Producer:	Kitamura Yukiya | Keith Addis 北村有起哉 | Keith Addis 北村有起哉 | Keith Addis 北村有起哉 | Keith Addis Kitamura Yukiya | Keith Addis
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Release Date:	2003-06-24
UPC Code:	037429180921
Language:	Japanese
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	Japan
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Home Vision
Package Weight:	108 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004414807

Director: Shohei Imamura

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original U.S. Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
Background Sketch:
1. Michael Jeck - Japanese Film Scholar
Filmographies: Shohei Imamura