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Doing Time (Keimusho no naka)

Doing Time (Keimusho no naka) (2003)

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Release Date: Apr 4, 2003 Wide

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Yoichi Sai's prison film Doing Time stars Tsutomu Yamazaki as Hanawa, a man serving a sentence in a minimum-security prison. Life in the jail is rigid and organized, eventually leading all of Hanawa's cellmates to abandon their individuality. Hanawa lasts longer than the others, but a stint in solitary confinement leads him to the same emotional and psychological state as the others. Doing Time was screened at the Vancouver Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Sep 26, 2006

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I found myself far more bereaved than elated with Doing Time. For a drama, I didn't find it very dramatic. For a character study, the characters are so drilled into conforming that there doesn't seem to be any actual characters ...

October 7, 2003 Full Review Source: Hollywood Bitchslap
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Audience Reviews for Doing Time (Keimusho no naka)

A series of small episodes about life in a Japanese prison. No violence or guard brutality, instead super-exacting rules, repetitive tasks and obsession about the food. Subtly funny, and quite unlike any other prison drama I've ever seen.

June 1, 2010
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This is not your typical Hollywood movie on inmates: There is no inmate fighting, no escape planning or conspiracy. It is more like reading Kazuichi Hanawa's diary as he reflects upon the three years he serves for weapon possession. Life in a Japanese prison is highly organized! Every activity (including the number of steps they are allowed to take from their cell to the hallway) and every minute of the day are meticulously planned. Regulations of what are allowed (one coke and one chocolate treats during movie night) and what are not allowed (completing someone else's puzzle) are strictly reinforced. There are also procedures for what seems to me to be the most insignificant act (asking for permission to pick up an eraser that falls out of the assigned path). It is hilarious, yet incredibly sad as the movie goes on, to see Hanawa and other inmates doing everything perfectly for a praise by the guards, and reminiscing on the many different kinds of treats they had at last New Year's celebration. This movie is a comedy with a message--Even though life is much easier if you stay on the assigned path, having the freedom to explore and to choose what you really want to do is definitely priceless. I can't wait to see the last 10 minutes of the movie! (The fire alarm went off near the end of the movie!! argh!)

[i]Jade[/i] at [url="http://www.afterfiveinToronto.blogspot.com"]www.afterfiveinToronto.blogspot.com[/url]
May 29, 2008
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