Catharisis
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Director Sakaguchi Katsumi Writer Katsumi Sakaguchi Running time 1h 53m Producer Atsuko Ochiai Language Japanese | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Screenplay Sakaguchi Katsumi Country Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 2003 (2003) Cast Maiko Kawakami ) (Nagisa (Auntie), Hiroyuki Onoue ) (Naoki (Big Brother), Miyako Yamaguchi ) (Towako (Mother), (Subaru (Little Brother), Mai Saito ) (Kasumi (Younger Sister)Similar movies School Days with a Pig (2008), Like Someone In Love (2012), Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005), Wandering Home (2010), Tokyo! (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catharisis (カタルシス) is a made for TV Japanese film made in 2003 based on a true story, starring Rikiya Otaka and directed by Katsumi Sakaguchi.
Plot
Naoki Ono, a 14-year-old boy murders a young girl in the suburbs of Tokyo. As a result, the large family change their names and live apart, while Naoki goes to a reformatory. Towako, his mother, stays away with her youngest son and youngest daughter, while her husband lives with other family. Three years later, Towako requests that the families reunites and go the island of her birth to be with her dying mother. Thus, the family are back together. But things aren't so simple. Katsumi, Naoki's sister hasn't been able to speak since her brother murdered the girl. Little Subaru (Otaka) has also suffered from the selfishness of his brother. And what of their uncle Satoshi and his family, his own son was killed. The family have never been a 'family' before... Could Grandmother bring them all together?
References
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