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Dumped by a bored pet owner, a mixed-breed mutt ends up with three time loser Yasuyuki, who’s loveless, homeless and jobless. Yasuyuki finds solace in the dog, whom he calls Tamura, and uses it to mend fences with his ex, who’s distracted by her mother’s debilitating illness. A trip to a hospital reveals Tamura’s ability to comfort dying patients, leading to dog and master attending the real-life Japanese Therapy Dogs training school.

Walking.with.the.Dog.2004.DVDRip.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 45 min
Size: 	6.62 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
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https://nitro.download/view/B2F4355486428F9/Walking.with.the.Dog.2004.DVDRip.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/FDAAD1B282A73E7/Deleted.Scenes.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/DBF85D4385F7C82/Special.Feature.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:None

Many thanks to @Evan for this copy

The post Makoto Shinozaki – Inu to arukeba: Chirori to Tamura AKA Walking with the Dog (2004) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Tokage was commissioned by television network NHK for a series in which the works of famous Japanese authors would be narrated on film, as captured by noteworthy directors. Tsukamoto was asked to direct the short story Lizard, by Banana Yoshimoto.

Lizard concerns a love affair between two healers who are unable to heal their own psychic wounds. The narrator is a counselor for disturbed children. He has fallen in love with a profoundly sad woman nicknamed Lizard who longs for oblivion. Lizard has an uncanny ability to diagnose and treat other people’s illnesses. The story follows their mutual fumbling towards the point where they can share with each other their most personal stories. The relationship – two depressives in despair, who seek mutual healing – looks forward to Vital, which Tsukamoto would direct the next year. So do some of the themes raised by the story, like psychic abilities and the question of soul independent of body though these are lightly touched upon. Properly, the tale is about empathy and the wounds left by trauma. Also anticipating Vital, it’s one of the director’s bleakest works.

Shot on hi-def video, Tokage follows actress Ryo as she reads Yoshimoto’s text. Our first sight of her is in a bedroom, and then the camera follows through through a succession of rooms in what we soon realize is an abandoned building. As the story unfolds and the two lovers reveal more of their inner selves, the rooms Ryo visits show more alarming states of disrepair until we find ourselves in a cafeteria still festooned with the streamers that once saw a celebration. Tsukamoto films under a variety of light sources, primarily natural – they filmed it in a single continuous shot at sundown. –Sinister Simian

775MB | 49 min 31 s | 853×480 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/ED00F97CE931030/Lizard.2003.DVDRIP.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:None

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