
Utsushimi
2000·Comedy·1h 48m
7.1
★

While butoh master Akaji Maro is in rehearsal and fashion designer Shinichiro Arakawa prepares for the Paris collection, Sion begins a movie about a high school girl who falls in love... with a restaurant cook she's never even spoken to. Soon the artists' works come together in a race to help the girl's love.
Directed by Sion Sono

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Cast

Nobuyoshi Araki
Self

Akaji Maro
Self

Takuji Suzuki
Man of Oden Restaurant

Yuya Ishikawa

Sheena Nagamori
Crew

Sion Sono
Director

Sion Sono
Writer

Sion Sono
Editor

Keiko Suzuki
Camera Operator

Sion Sono
Camera Operator

Keiko Suzuki
Art Direction

Yoshihiro Nishimura
Art Direction

Keiko Suzuki
Still Photographer
Popular Reviews
13 reviews
Beat
8.0★ · 11/09/25

this is my 6th sion sono film and i'm pretty sure that this is his weirdest film out of them all and i rlly fucking liked it. i'm contemplating between a 4 and a 4.5 but i'll keep it at a 4 for now. sion sono truly is a master at work, this movie is so poetic and so fun aswell. i love how funny and outrageously absurd this is and the fact it fits into the themes of human desire and the themes of human nature along with the experience of the show business in japan is such a random mix up and for me, it works so well. the quality wasn't too great as it was a youtube video but it wasnt unwatchable and for me added to the experimental and surreal vibe this movie gives off. this is a very weird romance but i like how its a mix of a documentary with no actual script or anything along with a structured romance and how they balance it, which makes it confusing at times as u cant tell whats rlly happening until about an hour into it but i enjoyed it a lot. the version i found on youtube unfortunately cuts out a scene, but i found it on internet archives so it's fine. i rlly like the cinematography and the editing, i don't think this movie is like stunning or anything im just a massive fan of these type of experimental movies with hand held digital cameras and this is one of my favourite ones. i still cant get over that this is a documentary of itself and how it actually works, sion sono is honestly so good and he's been one of my favourite directors for a while. the ending of this movie is rlly confusing and i honestly don't get it, im sure on a rewatch i'll understand it or atleast try to fully understand it, but for now im just sticking with my feelings and i liked it. this movie isn't for everyone tho
good movie
good movie
this is my 6th sion sono film and i'm pretty sure that this is his weirdest film out of them all and i rlly fucking liked it. i'm contemplating between a 4 and a 4.5 but i'll keep it at a 4 for now. sion sono truly is a master at work, this movie is so poetic and so fun aswell. i love how funny and outrageously absurd this is and the fact it fits into the themes of human desire and the themes of human nature along with the experience of the show business in japan is such a random mix up and for me, it works so well. the quality wasn't too great as it was a youtube video but it wasnt unwatchable and for me added to the experimental and surreal vibe this movie gives off. this is a very weird romance but i like how its a mix of a documentary with no actual script or anything along with a structured romance and how they balance it, which makes it confusing at times as u cant tell whats rlly happening until about an hour into it but i enjoyed it a lot. the version i found on youtube unfortunately cuts out a scene, but i found it on internet archives so it's fine. i rlly like the cinematography and the editing, i don't think this movie is like stunning or anything im just a massive fan of these type of experimental movies with hand held digital cameras and this is one of my favourite ones. i still cant get over that this is a documentary of itself and how it actually works, sion sono is honestly so good and he's been one of my favourite directors for a while. the ending of this movie is rlly confusing and i honestly don't get it, im sure on a rewatch i'll understand it or atleast try to fully understand it, but for now im just sticking with my feelings and i liked it. this movie isn't for everyone tho
good movie
good movie
eeman
3.0★ · 12/14/24

crazy devout lovestruck prolly neurodivergent weirdo shit 😐 she was like the dinner in america chick everyone was geeking over a month ago but for annoying niche elitists 😵💫 kinda glad my parents practically kept me under house arrest during my highschool years and im MERCIFULLY such an insanely shy bitch bc imagine doing all this for a dude who ltrlly was saying he didnt give a fuckkkkkkk abt u like girl ur like 16 go buy pompompurin keychains and eat those sandwiches w cream and strawberries inside WHY R U HAVING SEX W THIS OGRE 😕 skipped all those cancerous sex scenes omfg i was so uncomfortable it was so dookie i was gnna cry ughhhhhhhh nothing in this spoke to me
crazy devout lovestruck prolly neurodivergent weirdo shit 😐 she was like the dinner in america chick everyone was geeking over a month ago but for annoying niche elitists 😵💫 kinda glad my parents practically kept me under house arrest during my highschool years and im MERCIFULLY such an insanely shy bitch bc imagine doing all this for a dude who ltrlly was saying he didnt give a fuckkkkkkk abt u like girl ur like 16 go buy pompompurin keychains and eat those sandwiches w cream and strawberries inside WHY R U HAVING SEX W THIS OGRE 😕 skipped all those cancerous sex scenes omfg i was so uncomfortable it was so dookie i was gnna cry ughhhhhhhh nothing in this spoke to me
tomasd
8.0★ · 08/22/23

re totiao
re totiao
MattiMor
6.0★ · 06/02/26

Moreweighttt
6.0★ · 02/14/26
