The Taste of Tea / Viz Pictures (DVD)

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From the creator of Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl, Party Seven and the lavish animated segment of Tarantino's KILL BILL: Vol.1.

As 8-year old Sachiko (Maya Banno) tries to get rid of a giant version of herself who seems to pop up everywhere, her older brother Hajime (Takahiro Sato), privately wrestles with his love-struck heart. Meanwhile, their mother Yoshiko (Satomi Tezuka) is working hard, coming out of retirement as an animator, as her husband and professional hypnotist Nobuo (Tomokazu Miura) watches on with slight apprehension. Even Nobuo's brother and successful manga artist Todoroki has his problems. And lastly there's Grandpa, the most bizarre and perhaps the most perceptive of all, who continues to search for a better way to live life to the full.

Written, directed and edited by Katsuhito ISHII , The Taste of Tea is a unique and gentle family portrait tackling the universal themes of time, people and their lives.

"...its avoidance of easy categorization only makes it more of a must-see." - Time Out New York

Credits:
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Satomi Tezuka, Takahiro Sato, Maya Banno
Director: Katsuhito Ishii

2004 / Japan / 143 min
Japanese with English Subtitles

www.TTT-MOVIE.com

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