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      The Tale of Iya

      2013 2h 49m Drama List
      Reviews 86% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings An old man and his granddaughter's humble lifestyle influences a man's outlook on life. Read More Read Less

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      Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) How often can you say with reasonable confidence, after watching the first two minutes of a film, that the one hundred or so that are about to follow - 167, in this case - are going to be spectacular? Rated: 5/5 Feb 18, 2014 Full Review Andrew Heskins easternKicks.com Tetsuichiro Tsuta's achingly beautiful tribute to a lost Japan... Rated: 4/5 Sep 24, 2020 Full Review Anton Bitel Grolsch Film Works Tsuta tells a cyclical tale of the green-grey areas between modernity and tradition, city and country, secularism and animism, technology and nature, while occasionally admitting the odd irruption of the oneiric and the irrational. Feb 28, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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      William D It's a 169 minute pretentious snooze fest. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/18/23 Full Review Audience Member From the very opening which sets up and then upends expectations, The Tale of Iya creates a beautiful, yet harsh, world where fairytale and mundane realities intermingle. The movie doesn't always maintain a successful balance, definitely loses some of its charm (quite possibly intentionally) when we're transported to the city, and fails to keep us deeply involved for the entire running time, but its successful for so much of its running time that its well worth a visit. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis An old man and his granddaughter's humble lifestyle influences a man's outlook on life.
      Director
      Tetsuichirô Tsuta
      Screenwriter
      Masaya Kawamura, Tetsuichirô Tsuta, Masayuki Ueda
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      2h 49m