Sketches of Kaitan City

Sketches of Kaitan City
Theatrical release poster
海炭市叙景
Directed by	Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Produced by	Michio Koshikawa
Written by	Takashi Ujita
Based on	Yasushi Sato
Starring	Mitsuki Tanimura Pistol Takehara Ryo Kase Kaho Minami Kaoru Kobayashi
Music by	Jim O'Rourke
Cinematography	Ryuto Kondo
Edited by	Yoshisuke Hori
Distributed by	Slow Learner
Release date	18 December 2010 (2010-12-18)
Running time	152 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Sketches of Kaitan City (海炭市叙景, Kaitanshi Jokei) is a 2010 Japanese drama film directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri, starring Mitsuki Tanimura and Ryo Kase.

Cast

• Mitsuki Tanimura as Honami Ikawa
• Pistol Takehara as Futa Ikawa
• Ryo Kase as Haruo Meguro
• Masaki Miura as Hiroshi Hagiya
• Takashi Yamanaka as Makoto Kudou
• Kaoru Kobayashi as Ryuzo Hika
• Kaho Minami as Haruyo Hika

Release

The film had its world premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2010.^[1] It was released in Japan on 18 December 2010.^[2]

Reception

Dustin Chang of Twitch Film felt that the film "resembles strongly of the neo-neo realism of the Dardenne brothers' films but without their sense of hope".^[3] Meanwhile, Maggie Lee of The Hollywood Reporter noted Kazuyoshi Kumakiri's "low key but tender depictions of working class people and subtle assimilation of socio-economical realities, redolent of the works of Jia Zhangke and Wang Bing's West of the Tracks".^[4]

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Sketches of Kaitan City on IMDb
• Sketches of Kaitan City at Rotten Tomatoes