Hush!

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Hush!

Released Nov 8, 2002

2h 15m

Drama

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Naoya (Kazuya Takahashi) is busy leading his modern life as a gay man, but has a suspicion that something is missing from his world. Suddenly, he meets and falls in love with a man named Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe). When a woman named Asako (Reiko Kataoka) proposes that she and Katsuhiro have a child together, Naoya opposes the idea. As Naoya, Katsuhiro and Asako struggle along they eventually come to the realization that they will have to decide for themselves the true meaning of family.

Edward Guthmann

San Francisco Chronicle

Starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary, humorless soap opera.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 25, 2003

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Although the editing might have been tighter, Hush! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 8, 2002

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

If the incidents are piled on one another without adding up to much, they provide telling social details.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 7, 2002

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 3/5

Jul 21, 2005

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Mark Athitakis

Filmcritic.com

What might've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 13, 2003

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Kim Morgan

Oregonian

Be patient with the lovely Hush! and your reward will be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience.

Feb 28, 2003

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Audience Member

More like a stage-play, or a soapy sit-com, than a feature film.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Could`ve been better if it weren`t that long

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

Ryosuke Hashigushi is so good at dealing with emotional scene,impressed

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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2002 Seattle International Film Festival

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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Audience Member

Maybe three will be better than two, for it is much more busy~haha. Admiring the apropos life.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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bon petit film japonais sur les relations familiales et les mentalitÃ©s, avec qq moments amusants

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Director

Seiichi Tanabe

Katsuhiro

Kazuya Takahashi

Naoya

Reiko Kataoka

Asako

Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Writer

Tetsujiro Yamagami

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Synopsis

Naoya (Kazuya Takahashi) is busy leading his modern life as a gay man, but has a suspicion that something is missing from his world. Suddenly, he meets and falls in love with a man named Katsuhiro (Seiichi Tanabe). When a woman named Asako (Reiko Kataoka) proposes that she and Katsuhiro have a child together, Naoya opposes the idea. As Naoya, Katsuhiro and Asako struggle along they eventually come to the realization that they will have to decide for themselves the true meaning of family.

Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Producer: Tetsujiro Yamagami
Screenwriter: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Siglo
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 8, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD): Jun 17, 2003
Box Office (Gross USA): $21.3K
Runtime: 2h 15m
Sound Mix: Surround