Ranbo to taiki (2010)
Vengeance Can Wait (2010)
DVD9 Custom | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:37:53 | 5,26 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (added)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
DVD9 Custom | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 01:37:53 | 5,26 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (added)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Director Tominaga Masanori (Pandora's Box) brings Motoya Yukiko's offbeat play Ranbo to Taiki to the big screen in a juicy, neurotic tangle of love, hate and voyeurism. Hidenori (Asano Tadanobu) and Nanase (Minami) have lived together for ten years in a tense, platonic relationship. The wheels of change are set in motion when married couple Takao (Yamada Takayuki) and Azusa (Koike Eiko) move in next door. After Hidenori catches Nanase and Takao having an affair, he becomes obsessed with watching Nanase through a peephole, and planning his cruel revenge.
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Ranbo to taiki (2010)
Recently married couple Takao (Takayuki Yamada, Train Man) and Azusa (Eiko Koike, 2LDK) move to a small country cottage to have their first child. There they discover Hidenori (Tadanobu Asano, Screwed) and Nanase (Minami, Battle Royale), two former acquaintances of Azusa, are actually their closest neighbors. In most cases this would be a stroke of luck for a young couple just starting out, but these two are a bit strange, and mysteriously living as brother and sister. Further, these two folks severely crossed Azusa in the past (a transgression so severe, she’s carried a grudge for years). Being a bit of a hothead, Azusa is profoundly irked by their close proximity, and vows to make their lives a living hell.
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But that’s not all. In parallel to that grudge, the fictional siblings also have a gripe of their own. Hidenori hates Nanase for some perceived crime (he states she’s ‘probably’ responsible), and meditates daily on how to exact his revenge — sometimes whilst spying on her from the ceiling. He demands she stay with him until he determines the ultimate, sweetest one (It’s been five years so far, but one of these days, it’ll hit him). Nanase, on the other hand, is trying her best to atone, sporting rimmed glasses and unattractive sweatpants, and putting others’ happiness before her own (even bathroom breaks), in an effort to divert further anger and attention to herself. But when Takao becomes drawn to Nanase’s bizarre disposition, things grow even more complicated, and the powder keg of compounded vendettas gets ready to blow.
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Vengeance Can Wait is a bit more straighforward than the other Japan Cuts entries we’ve seen so far, but it’s also one of the most fun. The film has a pleasantly oddball quality, similar to Napoleon Dynamite (Kris actually pointed this out), but without the caustic shadenfreude of that picture (which I would like to add). Most of the comedy lies in the off-kilter interactions between the two couples, as well as the strange dichotomy of societal expectation and actual behavior. Take, for instance, Eiko Koike’s Azusa. A pregnant mother-to-be, she works at a bar, power-lifts heavy items to throw through Hidenori and Nanase’s windows, and in general, acts like an all around sukeban. In one painfully hilarious sequence, she even intimidates Nanase with her belly, pinning Nanase’s face against a bunk bed ladder while demanding Nanase ensure Takao remains faithful. I’ve never seen anything like it before.
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As odd as some of the above sounds, the majority of the comedy is presented in a matter-of-fact manner. There are no Farrelly Brothers’ style gross-outs, or Katsuhito Ishii style gonzo bits. Nothing ever feels forced. Rather, things just happen. They may be odd, but completely normal and believable with respect to the world the film inhabits. You probably have to see it to understand, but for every moment you lose yourself to hysterical laughter, you also stop and think, “yes, I do believe these characters would do just that”.
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That all said, much of the comedy probably wouldn’t work without the competent cast Tominaga assembled. It goes without saying Tadanobu Asano is brilliant here. His slightly-sukebe and endlessly plotting Hidenori is a joy to watch. I don’t want to spoil anything, but he had both Kris and I in stitches. Likewise, Eiko Koike did an amazing job as Azusa. Seemingly channeling the sukeban heroines of the seventies, she brings just the right mix of charm and outright hostility to the role. Aside from Train Man, I don’t think I’ve seen Takayuki Yamada play a truly upstanding citizen, and his Takao is no different. Opportunistic, unemployed, and insufferably horny, he plays the husband no wife should be saddled with. Lastly, Minami effortlessly discards her glamorous persona for her unsettlingly geeky Nanase. Watching her here, you’re left to wonder if she wasn’t something of the wallflower in real life — it’s freakishly authentic.
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Vengeance Can Wait is definitely worth watching. Like my 2009 favorite, Fine, Totally Fine, it presents an exaggerated, comedic world in completely believable fashion. It’s one film I plan on watching again.
Ranbo to taiki (2010)
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