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Sad Vacation

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A young man must turn to family to have a future.

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Jay Weissberg Variety 07/09/2008
Only those already won over by recent Shinji Aoyama will coddle to Sad Vacation, the prolific helmer's latest overlong, confused meditation on family and abandonment. Go to Full Review
Keith Uhlich UGO 07/09/2008
There's something willfully obscurantist about Sad Vacation, as if it is, first and foremost, a private joke between writer/director Shinji Aoyama and his performers. Go to Full Review
Dan Sallitt Senses of Cinema 10/12/2018
An almost Capraesque folksy moralism takes root, but the ramshackle story keeps shifting gears awkwardly. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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02/22/2012 Beautifully uncanny cinematic experience, something of a sequel to Helpless, this is a film you can fall into, with characteristically flawless performance from Asano. See more 09/07/2010 Aoyama Shinji confirme qu'il est un des très grands réalisateurs actuels. Sad Vacation suit quelques personnages dont Kenji (campé par le "méchant" de Ichi the Killer), abandonné par sa mère dans son enfance, et qui adopte un orphelin immigré chinois. En recherchant une cousine, Kenji retrouve sa mère. S'en suivent des questionnements sur les liens de parenté, la vengeance et le ressentiment, principalement. C'est aussi l'occasion de retrouver quelques personnages de Eureka, 7 ans après, dont la jeune Kozue, aujourd'hui jeune femme un peu paumée. Encore un grand film d'Aoyama. See more 12/03/2008 OMG... except those stupid half-and-half Japanese porno kind of movies, this one is one of the worse even though it's a love story movie. They shouldn't call Sad Vacation, should be Very Very Bored Vacation since it's sooo boring and sooo long... I almost fell asleep when I was watching it and yeah, the worse love story so far from Japanese movie. See more 07/06/2008 you know i was going to give this movie 4 stars. and then that fuckin' bubble popped. watch the movie you'll know what I mean. See more 05/27/2008 heavy, upsad, with good actors and actresses See more 05/01/2008 i dont reli get the message behind the movie and its kinda slow.. =.= plus i dont understand why Joe Odagiri is called the main character in the poster, while he appeared so less T.T See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A young man must turn to family to have a future.
Director
Shinji Aoyama
Production Co
Stylejam Inc.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 16m