Ryo Kase

  • 18 October 2011

Occupation

Actor

Our Little Sister - Clip

Sachi, Yoshino and Chika are three sisters living together in the house of their grandmother's in Kamakura. All respectable working women who are facing a family tragedy. They also have a 13-year-old half sister named Suzu with whom they share a father, but after his passing they re-unite in Yamagata for his funeral. Suzu is left with her stepmother, her real mother having previously died, but she gets the chance to stay with her family when Sachi offers her a place to stay in Kamakura, turning the sister trio into a quad. Suzu wastes no time in agreeing to this proposition, even if it means leaving her friends in junior high school.

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Restless Review

By Rich Cline

Excellent

Van Sant returns to his earthy-airy style for this story of a young man coming to terms with the concept of mortality. It's effortlessly honest, with edgy humour balancing the dark themes. Although it's also diluted by commercial sensibilities.

After his parents are killed in a car crash, the thoughtful young Enoch (Hopper) becomes obsessed with death, attending random funerals and chatting to Hiroshi (Kase), the ghost of a young kamikaze pilot. The at one memorial service, Enoch is rumbled by Annabel (Wasikowska), who pursues a friendship with him. As they become closer, Enoch learns that the sparky Annabel has a fatal illness, which means he can no longer put off dealing with the fact that death is actually part of life.

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Restless Trailer

Enoch is a quiet teenage boy with an unusual hobby: he likes to attend funerals. Not just the funerals of relatives but funerals of people he's never met. While attending one funeral, he sees a mysterious girl about his age.Â

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Letters From Iwo Jima Trailer

Letters From Iwo Jima
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