Doing time Kimusho no Naka Japan
Doing Time [Kimusho no Naka] Japan, 2002, 93 minDoing Tim (directed by Sai Yoichi) is a film based on a Japanese comic (manga) written by Hanawa Kazuichi, which in tern is based on a real life experience – his own experience. The main character of the story, Hanawa (wonderfully played by Yamazaki Tsutomu, best known for Tampopo), is a big lover of firearms; he collects replica guns and takes part in war games. For his hobby he gets thrown in to an “A type prison” (a Japanese version of a low security prison). This film deals with very serious issues of prison life tolled from the perspective of Hanawa and his cellmates. This story is not only interesting because it gives us a glimpse at a Japanese prison, which is very different from most western prisons, but also because it is presented in a different, refreshing way. It uses unusually heightened humor for such a subject matter, sometimes ironic humor, and what is most refreshing, no violence or at least no physical violence. The only “violent”
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