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"I'm not with Amway, I swear." |
At a glance:
Bogus medicine and Japan’s ageing population gets Miwa Nishikawa’s
tender touch in translatin this wonderful drama to a big screen feature
that has been heavily decorated with awards since its 2009 release. The
screenwriter and director, emerges from her 2006 courtroom melodrama
Yureru (
"Sway") with a convincin character study. It’s no real spoiler to disclose that Dr. Osamu Ino (Tsurube Shofukutei)
is in fact, no doctor at all. However, in the quiet village where he
operates, it doesn’t look like he needs to be one. Young med school grad
Dr. Soma (Eita), veteran nurse Akemi Ohtake (Kimiko Yo from
Departures, 2009) and opportunist drug salesman Masayoshi Saimon (Teruyuki
Kagawa from
Twentieth Century Boys, 2008) are all trapped between ignorance
and ignorin – some just don’t know, while others simply don’t want to.
Why should they do somethin, when the villagers prize the attention and
care from the man over any real medical help he actually gives? The charade advances to its final stage when young widow Kazuko's (Kaoru
Yachigusa) mysterious stomach pains worsen and her city doctor daughter (Haruka Igawa from
Tokyo Sonata, 2008) threatens to visit.
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"Come on, you nitwit.
Every first year medical student knows that." |
Bad news on the doorstep:
May be overlong
(2 hours 7 minutes) and excessively elaborate but culminates in a
satisfyin, fable-like endin that is hugely rewardin for anyone who
ever knew anythin about the human condition.
Perennial wonderment:
I hate Amway and all affiliated MLM fraudsters, how about you?
Amacam joker, berapa bintang lu mau kasi?
The wry humour that underpins
Dear Doctor a.k.a.
ディア・ドクター provides great contrast to the danger at hand. It’s a flowin movie that asks, at every juncture, how easily we disregard the failure of the system and the medical monsters it creates. With its superbly conflicted characters anchored by the demonstrable depth of their portrayals, you can look forward to an entertainin moral epic suitable for mature audiences. Highly recommended.
★★★★
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