
SummaryHimizu tells the powerful story of two teenagers’ struggle to live in dystopian future Japan destroyed by a natural disaster. Keiko (Fumi Nikaido) is a fourteen year old girl obsessed with Yuichi (Shota Sometani), in fact she is self admittedly his stalker. She collects his words and wallpapers her room with them, repeating them like a prayer and... Read More
Directed By:Sion Sono
Written By:Minoru Furuya, Sion Sono
Himizu
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Generally Favorable
66
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Generally Favorable
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
44% Positive
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Mar 11, 2014
88
Sion Sono's film is a vision of coming of age as trial by fire, a thunderous encapsulation of that period of transition in which adolescents try to discover themselves: their passions, their purpose, their sense of morality.
Mar 13, 2014
80
Mr. Sono uses sound, a low, grumbling noise like an earthquake, to convey this chaos. He also gives the film a harrowing cacophony and a sense of trauma with sound effects, including subtle echoes.
Mar 13, 2014
70
Young leads Shota Sometani and Fumi Nikaidou – both experienced film actors – grow in stature as the film progresses to the achingly real final scene, where they are extraordinarily intense and effective.
Mar 13, 2014
60
Because Sono tries to set the manga’s storyline, with its stylized violence, in the very real, post-earthquake/tsunami disaster area, Himizu struggles to find a coherent tone.
Mar 11, 2014
60
It offers a surreal slant on post-Fukushima Japan where aggression lurks in every scene - even the romantic ones between high-schooler Yuichi (Shôta Sometani) and his stalker classmate, Keiko (Fumi Nikaidô).
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Sep 16, 2021
7
Himizu is a challenging film, but not because it's complicated but because it's not a film that wants you to like it.
And that as strange as it sounds, is what Sion Sono was trying to do. The movie is a manga adaptation of a different story. Sono changed it to focus on the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011.
The disaster occurred in March, in May Sono was already filming it. Much of the repetitive style of the director is present. It's no longer something I can complain about because that's how he tries to deliver his message, and although this may be more than exasperating for many, the environment and the situations portrayed make of Himizu a quite emotional experience, regardless of the stress caused. One of the best film I've seen from Sono.
Mar 20, 2020
0
Un film très fatigant et d'ailleurs aussi mal réalisé que fatigant, la faute au gars qui ne sait pas tenir une caméra et la faute évidemment aux guignols qui portent la caméra sur l'épaule mais ça, c'est autant par facilité que par paresse ! et puis ça coûte moins cher, évidemment pour les sous-productions de ce sinistre acabit. Cela dit, c'est bien le cadet des soucis de ce film nul à chier des briques, film excessif mais surtout excessivement chiant dans ses outrances et ses atermoiements de drame social à deux yens qui veut se donner l'air mais n'a pas l'air du tout... parce qu'il a surtout l'air d'une grosse merde, un point c'est tout. J'ai donc passé cet étron en accélération rapide et malgré ou en dépit de quelques pauses, difficile d'aller au delà des trois quarts d'heure qui semblent déjà plusieurs heures sans pause aucune ! c'est que le machin est pédant et super énervant en même temps, rien qu'avec la gamine tête à claques, sa copine qui a l'air d'avoir 12 ans... et 6 ans d'âge mental ! De toute façon, tout le film est comme ça, à l'image de son réalisateur qui a 6 ans d'âge mental, les bons jours, spécialiste de films merdiques pas regardables, ni de près ni de loin.
Production Company:
- Gaga
- Himizu Film Partners
- Kôdansha
- Studio Three Co. Ltd.
Release Date:Jan 18, 2013
Duration:2 h 9 m
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Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Deauville Asian Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Awards of the Japanese Academy
• 2 Nominations




























