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- Featuring a career-making performance from 18-year-old Hana Sugisaki, Pieta in the Toilet is a finely-crafted indie that demands patience and emotional investment. While not extraordinary or particularly philosophical, those looking for a smaller, simple story with a focus on interesting characters will find plenty to like in Pieta in the Toilet.
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Fully-realised and layered characters, proficient performances and subtle yet stunning cinematography distinguish Pieta in the Toilet from the myriad of youth-centred terminal illness films of recent years.
Pieta in the Toilet. An art school graduate abandons his dream of being an artist to work as a window cleaner. When he learns he has three months left to live, he rediscovers his passion...
- Daishi Matsunaga
- Drama
- Yôjirô Noda
May 2, 2022 · Cine-note 1: Matsunaga’s movie is not without some gentle dynamism. Shaky framing is sparingly applied, but successfully strengthens the conflictual nature and the emotional impact of certain encounters. Acting-note 1: Hana Sugisaki also delivers an impressive performance.
Jul 14, 2015 · Pieta in the Toilet, the first fictional feature by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Matsunaga Daishi, is a two-hour drama about a young man who's dying of cancer. But fortunately, this film...
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Whichever way you look at it, 'Pieta in the Toilet' is not an easy film to watch: A film about a failed artist-cum-window cleaner diagnosed with cancer is never going to be a laugh riot, and so the life and times of a 28 year old destined to die young has its ups and downs.
Pieta in the Toilet: Directed by Daishi Matsunaga. With Yôjirô Noda, Hana Sugisaki, Lily Franky, Kanji Furutachi. Hiroshi is an art school graduate who abandoned his dream as an artist to work as a window cleaner.
Despite its strange title that would understandably turn people off, Pieta in the Toilet is a wonderful piece of film-making with fantastic performances, assured storytelling, a well-written script…
