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Hush!

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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.

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Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle Starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary, humorless soap opera. Rated: 1/4 Apr 25, 2003 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 21, 2005 Full Review 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 Full Review Kim Morgan Oregonian Be patient with the lovely Hush! and your reward will be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience. Feb 28, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Audience Member Could`ve been better if it weren`t that long Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Ryosuke Hashigushi is so good at dealing with emotional scene,impressed Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member 2002 Seattle International Film Festival Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review 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 Full Review Audience Member bon petit film japonais sur les relations familiales et les mentalités, avec qq moments amusants Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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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