Yajikita Dochu Teresuko - Hana No Oedo Ban (DVD) (First Press Limited Edition) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
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Kevin Kennedy
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June 12, 2008
This customer review refers to Yajikita Dochu Teresuko (DVD) (Standard Edition) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
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June 12, 2008
This customer review refers to Yajikita Dochu Teresuko (DVD) (Standard Edition) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Tricksters on the lam
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"Yajikita Dochu Teresuko" (a.k.a. "Three for the Road") is a thoroughly charming and hilarious work of magical realism. The lovely Koizumi Kyoko stars as Okino, who for years has been the most popular and favored courtesan in her brothel. Now, however, a younger woman is taking her best customers and she is being berated by the brothel's madam. Okino wants out, but she must pay a huge amount for her freedom. To gain her release, she enlists Yaji (Nakamura Kanzaburo), a man secretly besotted with her, to make pastry replicas of her little finger. She sends them to several of her customers, claiming that they actually are her little finger, which she has severed as a sign of her undying devotion to them. The fake pinkie finger is accompanied by a request for money. The scam proves to be less fruitful than Okino had hoped, so she persuades Yaji to help her flee the brothel without paying for her freedom. Yaji's friend Kita (Emoto Akira) is an incompetent, alcoholic kabuki actor. He ruins a performance of "47 Ronin" by inadvertently stabbing the lead actor. Humiliated and hounded off the stage, Kita decides to take his own life. Can attempted suicide ever be funny? Believe me, you will be guffawing at this inept attempt. Unable to kill himself, Kita decides to join Yaji and Okino to seek a better life elsewhere. The three misfits set out on the road, with thugs from the brothel in pursuit, and encounter a series of adventures that will have your jaw dropping at the surprises they encounter and your sides hurting from the belly laughs caused by their antics. They inhabit a world in which everyone is scheming against everyone else and the everyday world can turn magical unexpectedly. I noticed that director Hirayama Hideyuki, early in his career, worked as a second unit director on Itami Juzo's "The Funeral". Hirayama clearly has inherited some of Itami's comic genius. "Three for the Road" is a beautifully made film that tells its delightful story with a rare sweetness of spirit. Your humble reviewer can recommend this film wholeheartedly. |
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