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      Okiku and the World

      2023 1h 30m Drama List
      Reviews In 19th-century Japan, young Okiku lives with her father in a tenement row house. She develops an interest in one of the men who collects the human waste from the outhouse. Read More Read Less

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      Andrew Parker The Gate A social allegory and romance built around literal pits of human excrement, Japanese filmmaker Junji Sakamoto’s Okiku and the World isn’t for the squeamish, but it still manages to be thoughtful, resonant, and emotionally impactful. Rated: 7/10 Nov 8, 2023 Full Review Pieter-Jan Van Haecke Psychocinematography It, in fact, becomes a signifier of an unimageable thing with no boundaries that can be contrasted with other signifiers to poetically evoke a certain subjective feeling. Oct 27, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In 19th-century Japan, young Okiku lives with her father in a tenement row house. She develops an interest in one of the men who collects the human waste from the outhouse.
      Director
      Junji Sakamoto
      Creator
      Mitsuo Harada
      Screenwriter
      Junji Sakamoto
      Production Co
      FANTASIA Inc., YOIHI PROJECT
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 30m