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The Chef of South Polar
Why this pick
From the same director, this finds warm, deadpan comedy and unexpected tenderness in a patiently observed daily routine, with small sensory details carrying the emotional weight.
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MOVIE2018 1h 39m JPN
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Its unhurried island rhythms, eccentric but kind company, and attention to meals, rest, and tiny rituals offer a similarly restorative, gently offbeat experience.
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Why this pick
A quiet relationship drama shaped by craft, aging, and close attention to the natural world; it shares the film’s humane gaze and contemplative pacing.
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Still Walking
Why this pick
Domestic spaces, garden life, food preparation, and seemingly casual conversation become richly revealing in this precise, tenderly observed family portrait.
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The Great Passage
Why this pick
This celebrates a modest, intensely devoted life of work with the same affection for patient process, idiosyncratic characters, and quietly accumulating feeling.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
94-year-old Morikazu and his 76-year-old wife live at a house in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, in 1974. For the past 30 years of his life, he paints pictures of the creatures in his lush garden.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tsutomu Yamazaki
Morikazu Kumagai
Kaito Yoshimura
Kohei Kajima
Mitsuru Fukikoshi
Mizushima
Nobue Iketani
Mie-chan
Kitaro
Araki
Kirin Kiki
Hideko Kumagai