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Kantai

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Kantai

2010

1h 35m

Comedy

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The lives of a Japanese print-shop owner (Kenji Yamauchi) and his family are thrown into disarray by an increasing number of uninvited houseguests.

Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

This charming comedy begins as a very Japanese joke about limited privacy but deepens into something more ambiguous.

Sep 6, 2012

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

“Hospitalité ” is an excellent film, one of those titles that truly transcend the Japanese family drama, and a testament to Fukada’s abilities both as a director and a script writer.

Rated: 7/10

Jul 24, 2022

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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

While a slacker upends the quiet life of a printer and his young wife, neighbors begin a crusade to rid the area of the homeless and other foreigners.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 6, 2012

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This film has a Kafkaesque quality to it. Absurdity mixed with surrealism. A dark comedy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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One of the stronger directorial debuts in Asian cinema in recent years. Kantai's story is very ambiguous, but it's most resonant in it's scenes, which include intelligent observations on culture clashing, as well as rather stunning character interactions. It certainly isn't the most exciting or meditative film, but it proves that Koji Fukada is an inspired director, and one who is likely to only improve.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Audience Member

great little comedy. wonderful facial expressions and nice twists. clah of cultures and secrets exposed.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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A family that runs a print shop finds it impossible to say no to an interloper who invites himself, then his wife, then his "extended family" to stay in their cramped house, all the while exposing his hosts' dark secrets. This satire of Japanese politeness and xenophobia is well made but doesn't travel particularly well.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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nicely understated, although gets a bit silly at the end

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

This is an adoring little film of what might happen if Tommy Chong decided to live with you after he had semi cleaned up his act. What starts out as a simple family drama quickly turns into a crazy dramedy as Mikio starts losing control to Kagawa who is clearly the dominant person. By the end all hell is breaking loose and there are more characters on screen than you have fingers and toes to count them with.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Koji Fukada

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Kenji Yamauchi

Mikio Kobayashi

Kiki Sugino

Natsuki

Kanji Furutachi

Hanataro Kagawa

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Synopsis

The lives of a Japanese print-shop owner (Kenji Yamauchi) and his family are thrown into disarray by an increasing number of uninvited houseguests.

Director: Koji Fukada
Producer: Koji Fukada, Kiki Sugino
Screenwriter: Koji Fukada
Production Co: Seinendan, Atom-X, Kinokuniya, Wa Entertainment, Hospitalité Production Committee, Letre, S-D-P
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 3, 2017
Runtime: 1h 35m

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