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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.

Critics Reviews

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Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle 04/25/2003
1/4
Starts promisingly but disintegrates into a dreary, humorless soap opera. Go to Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post 11/08/2002
2.5/4
Although the editing might have been tighter, Hush! sympathetically captures the often futile lifestyle of young people in modern Japan. Go to Full Review Stephen Holden New York Times 11/07/2002
3/5
If the incidents are piled on one another without adding up to much, they provide telling social details. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/21/2005
3/5
Mark Athitakis Filmcritic.com 04/13/2003
2/5
What might've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors. Go to Full Review Kim Morgan Oregonian 02/28/2003
Be patient with the lovely Hush! and your reward will be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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04/11/2016 More like a stage-play, or a soapy sit-com, than a feature film. See more 03/10/2010 Could`ve been better if it weren`t that long See more 01/24/2009 Ryosuke Hashigushi is so good at dealing with emotional scene,impressed See more 01/02/2009 2002 Seattle International Film Festival See more 02/19/2008 Maybe three will be better than two, for it is much more busy~haha. Admiring the apropos life. See more 12/28/2007 bon petit film japonais sur les relations familiales et les mentalités, avec qq moments amusants See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Director

Seiichi Tanabe

Katsuhiro

Kazuya Takahashi

Naoya

Reiko Kataoka

Asako

Ryosuke Hashiguchi

Writer

Tetsujiro Yamagami

Producer
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Hush!

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Movie Info

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