Instant Swamp

Insutanto numa

Japan

2009

120 Min

Color

Japanese

Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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CAST Kumiko Asô, Morio Kazama, Ryo Kase, Keiko Matsuzaka, Shôko Aida, Takashi Sasano, Eri Fuse, Miho Shiraishi, Yoichi Nukumizu, Kankuro Kudo

Synopsis

After being forced to resign from her publishing company job when her magazine goes out of circulation, office worker Haname Jinchoge (Kumiko Aso) is given the name of her real father-Noburo Jinchoge when her mother (Keiko Matsuzaka) falls into a coma after nearly drowning in a pond while searching for kappa. Unsure if Noburo (Morio Kazama) is her father, Haname decides to visit him but tells him that she is a distant relative, he happens to be the shopkeeper at an odd antiquities shop called Light Bulb Co., working for her father is a punk rocker named Gas (Ryo Kase). —AsianMediaWiki

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CEpunk

6Jun11

Just my kind of humour, very out there and spontaneous. The ending is so ridiculous it's awesome, must watch.

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Curt Milner

6Feb11

I adore this quirky Japanese comedy, beautiful cinematography, unexpected twists and moments of strange sweetness.

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Fantasia 09 Review: INSTANT SWAMP

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

[Our thanks to Lauren Baggett for the following review. Well, hey! Make that two reviews! Twitch reader Irina has also just sent one in and you’ll find that below the break after the conclusion of Lauren’s

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By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011

Instant Numa is already the fourth Miki film I see in a rather short period of time. His latest film bears all of the regular Miki treats, yet succeeds in delivering another original and creative story

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