Sweet Bean Review
Movie: Sweet Bean (English title) Romaji: An Japanese: あん Director: Naomi Kawase Writer: Tetsuya Akikawa (novel), Naomi Kawase Actors: Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara Uchida, Taiga When it comes to slow thought provoking films there is no better country that produces films like this than Japan, and there have been two directors that are front runners in this kind of genre which were Koreeda and Kawase. Both have similar styles but if you look closely koreeda films were tied with family while Kawase films were tied with how humans were connected with nature. Having said that, this film by Kawase is such a compelling film but compelling might be an understatement and strong might be a better word to describe it. Well the story is simple a guy bakes pastries for a living, selling them under these beautiful cherry trees, in a street side shop that he doesn't own. He is somewhat unhappy with his life, because of certain events in his past. One of his close cus...