Tokyo Biyori Digitally Remastered

[Machine Translation] Don't look at me... A sentimental love story directed by Naoto Takenaka and starring Miho Nakayama. A sentimental love story is now available on Blu-ray for the first time! A photographer preparing to publish a photo book recalls his days with his late wife in this pure love drama. The film depicts the form of love between a couple, sometimes tenderly, sometimes poignantly, in various scenes of Tokyo. Directed by Takenaka Naoto of "The Incompetent Man" and "Zero-Fall". The script was written by Ryo Iwamatsu based on "Tokyo Biyori", a collection of photographs and essays by photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and his wife Yoko. The film was shot by Yasushi Sasakihara (GONIN). Starring Naoto Takenaka of "A Night in Nude" and Miho Nakayama of "Love Letter". The splendid and diverse cast adds to the film's splendor. Winner of the Music Award at the 21st (1998) Japan Academy Prize, the film was ranked 9th in the 1997 Kinema Junpo Top Ten Best Films. --Photographer Mikio Shimazu is preparing to publish a book of photographs dedicated to his late wife Yoko. However, all that comes back to him are the worst days for both of them. The first thing he recalls is that Yoko had mispronounced a guest Mizutani's name at a home party, and she had run away from home for three days, lying to her employer that Mikio had been hospitalized in a car accident. Mikio was worried and looked everywhere for her, but Yoko wandered back home despite his concern. The two of them were somehow unable to behave like a normal married couple, and often felt uncomfortable over casual matters. On one occasion, Yoko made Tetsuo, a Kagikko boy who lived in the same apartment building, call her "grandma" and dress up as a girl. She also suffered from flying mosquito syndrome, in which she felt as if mosquitoes were flying around her when in fact they were not. But it's not all bad. He once played piano with a large piano-shaped stone he happened to find while jogging in the rain, and once went on a date at the Station Hotel in Tokyo Station as if they were lovers. At the same time, however, Yoko's eccentricities increased, as she continued to miss work without permission and caused a commotion by taking Tetsuo out late into the night. On their wedding anniversary in Yanagawa, Fukuoka, they stayed at the same inn where they had stayed on their honeymoon and enjoyed river cruising, but then she suddenly disappeared again, causing Mikio to worry each time. The day after returning from her trip, Yoko promised to get a cat, but on her way to the meeting place, she was hit by a car and broke her arm. However, each of Yoko's incidents had a significant impact on Mikio's current work. Mikio, thinking back on the incident, discovers the reason why he had mistakenly called Mizutani's name at that time, and he is unable to hold back the tears that well up in his eyes. Mikio feels once again that his life in photography began with his encounter with Yoko. Video bonus: director's greeting ( Royal Theatre ), theatrical trailer, deleted scenes, audio bonus: special commentary ( Naoto Takenaka, Taeko Onuki, Yasushi Sasaki Hara ). Reversible jacket. Reversible jacket.

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見ないでほしいのよ、私のこと─ 竹中直人監督・中山美穂主演。センチメンタルなラブストーリーが待望の初Blu-ray化! 写真集出版の準備を進める写真家が回想する、亡き妻との日々を綴った純愛ドラマ。東京の様々な風景の中に、あるときは優しく、あるときはせつなく、夫婦の愛のかたちを描き出す。監督は『無能の人』『零落』の竹中直人。写真家・荒木経惟とその妻・陽子による写真&エッセイ集『東京日和』をベースに、岩松了が脚本を執筆。撮影を『GONIN』の佐々木原保志が担当している。主演は『ヌードの夜』の竹中直人と『Love Letter』の中山美穂。豪華かつ多彩なキャスト陣が映画に華を添えている。第21回 (1998年度)日本アカデミー賞音楽賞受賞。97年度キネマ旬報ベスト・テン第9位。――亡き妻・ヨーコに捧げる写真集の出版の準備をしている写真家・島津巳喜男は、在りし日のヨーコのことを想い出していた。だが、甦ってくるのはふたりにとって最悪の日々だった頃のことばかりである。まず想い出されるのは、ホームパーティの時にヨーコが客である水谷の名前を呼び間違えたことを気にして、勤め先には巳喜男が交通事故で入院したと嘘をつき、3日間家を飛び出してしまったことだった。巳喜男は心配してあちこちを探し歩いたが、彼の気持ちをよそに、ヨーコはふらりと家に戻ってくる。どことなく当たり前の夫婦のように振る舞えないふたりは、何気ないことで気づまりな思いをすることも多く、巳喜男は、優しすぎるとヨーコに責められることさえあった。ある時のヨーコは、同じマンションに住むカギっ子の少年テツオに自分のことをおばあちゃんと呼ばせたうえ、彼に女の子の恰好をさせようとする。また、実際は飛んでいない蚊が自分の周りを飛ぶように感じる飛蚊症を患ったりもした。だが、嫌なことばかりではない。ジョギングの最中に偶然見つけたピアノの形をした大きな石で、雨に打たれながらピアノ演奏ごっこに興じたこともあれば、東京駅のステーションホテルで恋人同士のようなデートをしたこともあった。だが一方で、無断欠勤が続いたり、テツオを夜遅くまで連れ出して騒動を起こしたりのヨーコの奇行が増えていく。結婚記念日に出かけた福岡の柳川では、新婚旅行と同じ旅館に泊まり、川下りを満喫したかと思えば、またも突然行方をくらませたりして、そのたびに巳喜男を心配させた。旅行から帰った翌日、猫をもらう約束をしたヨーコは、待ち合わせに向かう途中で車に跳ねられ骨折してしまう。だが、そんなヨーコが巻き起こした事件のひとつひとつが、今の巳喜男の仕事に大きな影響を与えていたのだ。回想にふける巳喜男は、あの時、水谷の名を呼び間違えた原因を今さらに発見して、あふれる涙をこらえ切れなくなった。巳喜男は、自分の写真人生がヨーコとの出会いから始まったことを改めて感じるのだった。映像特典: 監督舞台挨拶 (ロイヤル劇場)、劇場予告編、削除シーン、音声特典: スペシャルコメンタリー (竹中直人×大貫妙子×佐々木原保志)収録。リバーシブルジャケット仕様。リ―フレット封入。