Instant swamp (2009)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Miki Satoshi
	Actors: Kumiko Aso, Morio Kazama, Ryo Kase
	Country: J
	Genre: Comedy
	Conditions of visioning: 22.06.2014, DVD, Japanese with Englisch subtitles
Synopsis: Haname (Aso) is very imaginative. She looses her job as a journalist but does not worry. She perceives this as bad luck, that she has since her father left the house and threw her toys, especially a black cat in a swamp. She decides to look for this cat talisman. On the way, she meets her hippie father Light bulb (Kazama) and a young punk Gas (Kase).
Review: Miki Satoshi draws once again the portrait of people disconnected from the society. This time a joyfull and creative woman, Haname, and her hippie father (Kazama). The portrait is full of nice scenes and funny/weird scenes. In a Japan plagued by the economic crisis and where rationalism is required by both the state and the private companies, this movie is like an island of freedom tending to be irrational, where main characters are happy without thinking about economics. These anachronisms make the charm of the movie. The directing is a bit cheap but what disturbs meis the voices of the main characters (Haname and Light bulb), extremely exagerated. Voices with more subtility in the tone would have done a huge effect out of these weird dialogues.  The craziness of the story is pushed until the end with the creativity of the main characters and SPOILER with the creation of a real swamp!!! This is good in a movie, risky and funny.
Rating: 4 /10