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A Bride for Rip Van Winkle

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A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.

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Simon Abrams RogerEbert.com 11/10/2017
2/4
The experience of watching this anti-climactic three-hour drama is unproductively depressing, and upsetting. Go to Full Review Diego Semerene Slant Magazine 11/07/2017
1/4
The film is an interminable saga full of soap-operatic plot twists involving quickly broken marriages, sexual assault, a secret porn career, terminal illness, and a quasi lesbian love affair. Go to Full Review Maggie Lee Variety 06/08/2016
A cruel yet riveting tale. Go to Full Review Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography 01/09/2021
Iwai expertly shows that, while the reliance on the imaginary problematizes genuine human connection, the field of the imaginary is also necessary to be able to form any social bond whatsoever. Go to Full Review James Mudge easternKicks.com 10/31/2020
4/5
Fans of Iwai Shunji will find a great deal to enjoy, and the film's length never feels unnecessary, being justified by its understated and profound ruminations on modern life Go to Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse 12/01/2019
Iwai manages to present a number of messages regarding Japanese society, through a relatively abstract narrative that goes in and out of surrealism a number of times. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Shunji Iwai

Director

Haru Kuroki

Nanami Minagawa

Cocco

Mashiro Satonaka

Gou Ayano

Yukimasu Amuro

Sôkô Wada

Yuto Takashima

Tomoko Mariya

Harumi Minagawa
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Movie Info

Synopsis A woman hires actors and strangers to pretend to be her friends and family at her wedding.
Director
Shunji Iwai
Producer
Shunji Iwai, Muneyuki Kii, Tomoyuki Miyagawa, Aki Mizuno, Masashi Mizuno
Screenwriter
Shunji Iwai
Production Co
Rockwell Eyes inc.
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language
Japanese
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 13, 2020
Runtime
2h 59m
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