Aruku, hito (Man Walking on Snow) (2001)

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Scene: Mashike, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Nobuo Honma is a 63-year-old sake producer. He has lived with Yasuo since his wife died two years ago. Yasuo is his youngest son to whom he has entrusted his trade. Every day Nobuo goes for a walk which leads him to a fish-breeding center, located in the mountains. He fills his loneliness by attentively observing the development of thousands of little fish poured into the pool. The second anniversary of his wife's death approaches. Nobuo

Unrated, 1 hr. 43 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Comedy

Directed By: Masahiro Kobayashi

On DVD: Feb 24, 2009

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I don't think I'll ever forget the weird imagery of him making his way along the snow-blasted streets of his miserable town while an eerily slow electronic version of the French Can-Can song plays on the soundtrack.

March 9, 2009 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com