Eureka
- Original title
- Yurîka (Eureka)
- Year
- 2000
- Running time
- 217 min.
- Country
Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kôji Yakusho
- Aoi Miyazaki
- Masaru Miyazaki
- Yoichiro Saito
- Eihi Shiina
- Sayuri Kokushô
- Kimie Shingyoji
- Sansei Shiomi
- Machiko Ono
- Gô Rijû
- Ken Mitsuishi
- Yûji Nakamura
- Hideaki Esumi
- Hajime Inoue
- Seigi Ozeki
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Japan-France;
- Genre
- Drama | Road Movie
- Synopsis
- Sawai (Yakusho Koji) is a driver who survives a cold-blooded busjack along with a young man, Naoki (Miyazaki Masaru), and his sister (Miyazaki Aoi). After the incident, the three are constantly bothered by the media, and Sawai decides to leave town. Two years later Sawai decides to return to Kyushu. There is a serial killer on the loose and Sawai is again put in the spotlight, but this time as a suspect! In order to get away from the police and the public eye, Naoki and his sister also decide to leave, jumping onto a bus to escape the dreaded city they call home.
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- Awards
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2000: Cannes: Jury Prize Ecuménico
- Critics' reviews
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"Don't let the running time scare you away from the exceptional bit of filmmaking."
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"To watch this film, in short, can be a transforming experience."
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"The first film this year in which there is obvious greatness."
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"Its vision is unique and harrowing, its song hits to the heart."
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"It makes one believe that intimate human connections are possible, that empathy is worth struggling for."
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"A dramatically minimalist, emotionally rich saga."
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