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Oct 19, 2017 · HAPPY HOUR is far more than just an ordinary melodrama. It is a spectacularly complex and fiercely poetic rendering of the details of daily life in which ideas and feelings are swayed by the ...
- 2 min
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- Icarus Films
Dec 12, 2015 · Happy Hour is a 2015 film by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi that follows the lives and relationships of four women in their 30s in Kobe. The film is 5 hours long and has no rating, but it has 7.6/10 IMDb rating and 87 Metascore based on user and critic reviews.
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- Drama
- Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
- 2015-12-12
Plot. The film follows the lives and loves of four middle-class, thirty-seven-year-old women who are friends and who live in Kobe: unemployed Jun, housewife Sakurako, divorced nurse Akari, and married arts administrator Fumi.
A chemist experimenting with different formulas stumbles upon an ingredient that, when added to beer, makes it absolutely irresistible. Before he realizes it...
Buoyed by four captivating performances from its unheralded actresses, Happy Hour is a fascinating, towering confection of contradictions: a modest epic; a work that simultaneously resembles both contemporary television drama and art cinema at its airiest; a film you feel like you’ve seen before but that somehow never ceases to surprise.
Four thirtysomething women in the misty seaside city of Kobe, Japan navigate the unsteady currents of their work, domestic, and romantic lives. A sudden, unexpected rift opens that propels each to a new, richer understanding of life and love.
With a talented cast led by Sachie Tanaka and Hazuki Kikuchi, the film takes viewers on an emotional journey filled with raw and authentic performances. Set in the picturesque city of Kobe, Happy Hour (Part Two) delves into the lives of four close friends – Jun, Akari, Sakurako, and Fumi.
