The Whispering Star

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The Whispering Star

2015,

1h 40m,

Sci-Fi

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83%

6 Reviews

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67%

Fewer than 50 Ratings

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83%

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6 Reviews

67%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

An android travels through the galaxy and delivers years-in-wait packages to the last remaining humans.

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Horror Nonna

Aug 25, 2018

9/10

This is the film few could have imagined Sion Sono had in him: Stanley Kubrick meets Andrei Tarkovsky by way of Chantal Akerman's fascination with temporality and gendered ritual.

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Luke Gorham

In Review Online

Aug 13, 2020

As stark and deliberate as Tarkovsky, but as heartfelt and imaginative as the first thirty minutes of WALL∙E.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

Dec 25, 2019

A unique entry in Sion Sono's filmography, and a film relatively difficult to watch, due to its minimalism and slow pace. However, it is a very beautiful and meaningful movie, which is bound to stay in memory due to its uniqueness

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Anton Bitel

SciFiNow

Apr 16, 2018

Shot in monochrome to suggest the dreary drudgery of Yoko's existence... and with all its lines spoken in subdued tones..., The Whispering Star gently parcels out its messages about memory, loss, longing and loneliness over a leisurely duration.

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Max Goldberg

Cinema Scope

Nov 29, 2017

Alas, while the visions of Fukushima and its wandering souls are undeniably haunting, one can't help but feel that The Whispering Star remains a sketch, its slow-drip seriality better suited to an installation than a feature film.

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Mary Angela Rowe

Seventh Row

Aug 14, 2017

Though its scanty narrative and creeping pace hindered my engagement with the film, The Whispering Star is a well-crafted addition to Sono's oeuvre.

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George R

Jun 29, 2018

Existentialist critique of the human crepuscular condition rhetorically expressed with identical desolation. (Mauro Lanari)

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Sion Sono

Director

Megumi Kagurazaka

Yoko

Yûto Ikeda

Actor

Kôko Mori

Actor

Sion Sono

Writer

Sion Sono

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Synopsis

An android travels through the galaxy and delivers years-in-wait packages to the last remaining humans.

Director: Sion Sono
Producer: Sion Sono, Akira Funaki, Izumi Sono, Takeshi Suzuki
Screenwriter: Sion Sono
Production Co: Sion Production
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: Japanese
Runtime: 1h 40m

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