Sad Vacation

Name: Sad Vacation
Genre: Drama
Rating: 58
Cast: Tadanobu Asano, Eri Ishida, Yuka Itaya, Yusuke Kawazu

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Sad Vacation

2007,

2h 16m,

Drama

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58%

250+ Ratings

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3 Reviews

58%

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250+ Ratings

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

Jay Weissberg

Variety

Jul 9, 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.

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Keith Uhlich

UGO

Jul 9, 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.

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Dan Sallitt

Senses of Cinema

Oct 12, 2018

An almost Capraesque folksy moralism takes root, but the ramshackle story keeps shifting gears awkwardly.

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Shinji Aoyama

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Tadanobu Asano

Kenji Shiraishi

Eri Ishida

Chiyoko Mamiya

Yuka Itaya

Saeko Shiina

Yusuke Kawazu

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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

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