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In the mountain hot springs of Izu, Japan, a love triangle is waiting to happen. It is the late 1930s when the paths of a stunning woman fleeing Tokyo, a handsome bachelor and a blind masseur cross.
My Darling of the Mountains
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Yama no Anata: Tokuichi no Koi, 산의 사랑하는 당신, 山的那边，德市之恋
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24 May 2008
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Went into this not knowing that it was a remake of Shimizu's The Masseurs and a Woman. And not just any remake: though Ishii adds a light score and a decent chunk to its runtime, it is for all intents and purposes akin to Gus Van Sant's Psycho recreation.
And that's an intriguing choice, since Shimizu's original didn't really have any distinctive filmic components that are particularly tied to the story. And Ishii is the kind of filmmaker who makes weird visual choices that might have really added something new to the story. But he sticks largely to what came before, mostly just adding color and more space in the frame to this deceptively light story about the depths of…
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I was very skeptical of this. A straight, near shot for shot remake of a movie i love very much that still seems unnecessary, but boy is it beautiful. No consideration made in updating its humour, pacing and story for a modern audience, and that’s only a plus. It is Masseurs and a Woman, but with the trappings of modern filmmaking like over-bright colours and perfect images run through computers, too attractive people, lifting piano music and has to be 90 minutes. But then what was Masseurs and a Woman if not the modern filmmaking of its day and it wouldn’t have turned out like this exactly if it were made now? It’s still better, though.