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| The video I have of "Lost Paradise" does not have subtitles. I found the book and read it before watching the video which helped a great deal. It is a beautiful and moving film and I liked what the director did with many scenes. Koji's portrayal of Kuki was very sensitive and again, he makes this role entirely his. I recently read, I think on your website, the comment of a fan which said in effect -- "finally an actor worth watching." How true. I am looking forward to future films and hope we get them in this part of the world. (S.H. New York City) |
| This is the most beautiful film I've ever seen among Yakusho's films. The music, the picture, all of it is beautiful. Regrefully I saw it on video without Korean or English subtitles. Of course I can hardly understand Japanese but I could feel what the hero and the heroine felt. Especially the scene, where Yakusho calls his lover at the hotel even though her father has just passed away, was very good. Someone says that "Lost Paradise" means to Japanese men that they are no longer safe at their companies (just like Yakusho in that movie) and it also means to Japanese women that they are no longer safe at their home (just like the heroine). So they seek "PARADISE" through LOVE. I envy them. Finding new love is not easy, I fear. People say that this movie would be shown in Korea this year but there's no reliable news about its screening yet. I really look forward to seeing it! (H.K. Seo of Korea) |
| I think Lost Paradise is one of Koji Yakusho's best acted films. Actually I think it is his best acted film in 1997. He uses his eye expressions well enough to express the inside feeling of Shoichiro Kuki. He performs very well his anxious feeling and fear of being seen by others in the first scene at a railway station. But the scene I like most is his first sight of Rinko. He is totally attracted by Rinko. He cannot control himself; he cannot keep his eyes off her. Although this scene is different from the original novel version, the change is for the better. The other one I like most is when he is driving to the party. He seems so excited and happy that he sings "One way ticket"! Maybe that is the intension of the director. Koji peforms so well that it makes you feel that he really is Kuki, a stylish, well-educated editor. There are some scenes in which he does not perform so well. He sometimes seems quite embarassed in some of the love scenes and not as natural as in the other parts of the film. However I think that it is his best acted film out of "Shall We Dance?", "Cure" and "The Eel". (Judysmt of Hong Kong) |
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