The film, The Taste of Tea came out recently from Viz Films. Interesting, very memorable film.
Zappy notes first - It had a cute crossdressing scene with a boy trying to trick another kid that he's a girl but he gets disappointed when he's unsuccessful. He also gets leg-smoothness advice from his friends. His mom approves of this too and encourages his dressing. It was a short character sequence. I wish there was more to this little arc.
On the whole, the film is a strange but effective creation. Imagine Little Miss Sunshine, only more of a slice of life...now imagine it takes heavy hallucinogens. The little girl imagines a giant her is watching her all the time and only way to get rid of her is to do a complete flip on a horizontal bar.
Cosplay people face off against Yakuza. There's a school love story somewhere in there too. The mother is an anime freelancer trying to make her first feature. Her model is her dad, the eccentric grandfather who sings and poses a lot and used to be an animator like his daughter. Her final product is...umm..well it's in keeping with the nature of the movie. I can't believe she's the one who made it @_@.
The dad is a hypnotist who not only hypnotizes his family, but also the movie's narrator!
The uncle has his own issues (and is played by the creator of Evangelion)...from taking a shit on a giant 'egg' when he was a kid and being haunted because of it...to messing with a married co-worker. There's a fight sequence which is easily the funniest fight I've ever seen. Imagine a dainty woman with a tiny voice providing a major butt-kicking. ^^
There's a "mountain" song...I won't say more.
The movie runs a bit long but considering it is the only Japanese movie I've seen which absolutely NAILS the ending, compared with so many wonderful Japanese films which stumble in the last moments, I just gotta say this is easily the greatest Japanese comedy I have ever seen. See it.
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