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For this Friday Movie Night, first up is Tokyo Sonata (2008), a Japanese drama about a salaryman who is laid off from his job, and then must hide his sudden unemployment from his family. And uh-oh, this elder son secretly wants to join the American military, and his younger sonn pockets his lunch money to pay for piano lessons, and his wife is kidnapped by a robber-home-invader. I don’t even know how all of this will resolve, but probably not wel. Director is iyoshi Kurosawa, who is best-known for the mind-control crime thriller Cure (1997), which we previously watched. Looks neat; let’s check it out.

After that is 3 Women (1977), a surreal character piece about a pair of roommates, one a lonely twenty-something employee at a spa (Shelley Duvall), and the other her wide-eyed teenage co-worker (Sissy Spacek). After moving in together, their friendship becomes muddled to the point that they swap personalities, a phenomenon further thrown into chaos with the addition of the titular third woman (Janice Rule), a middle-aged, pregnant artist married to a cowboy. This is one of the most acclaimed films of renowned auteur Robert Altman, whose films The Long Goodbye (1973), Popeye (1980), and The Player (1992) we have previously watched; apparently, he based the screenplay directly on one of his dreams, so expect weird stuff. RIP Shelley Duvall.

We’ll start at 8PM EST on Hextube, right here:

https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• Tokyo Sonata: https://letterboxd.com/film/tokyo-sonata/
• 3 Women: https://letterboxd.com/film/3-women/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• Tokyo Sonata: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/82726
• 3 Women: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057163/parentalguide?ref_=tt_stry_pg

CWs for Tokyo Sonata:

• Domestic violence.
• Child abuse.
• Kidnapping.
• Attempted sexual assault by aforementioned kidnapper, though he does not ultimately do it.
• Hospital scene.
• Suicide.
• Someone is hit by a car.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.

CWs for 3 Women:

• Suicide attempt.
• Sexual harassment.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Drug use.
• Drug addiction.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Bugs.
• Someone almost drowns.
• Suicidal ideation.
• Hanging.
• Stillbirth.
• Cheating.
• Spitting.
• Hospital scene
• Fat jokes.
• Ableist language.
• “Sexual content”, but no nudity; looks pretty tame to me.
• Blood.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• Tokyo Sonata: https://tankie.tube/w/jtUJscrAdrqdvmkeA7sjrg
• 3 Women: https://tankie.tube/w/2DaUuF3TY2RUNg9dHDGuYN