Otherwise, I found the film to be pleasantly stylish, shot in an outpouring of pleasing shades of mellow brown and blue-gray. For me these scenes only make the film better, but not everyone will appreciate this seemingly pointless interludes. Tsutsumi is Sawaki, a postman who finds himself making a delivery to an old school chum, Noguchi (Horibe). Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off, Details: 1997, Rest of the world, Cert NC, 110 mins. Cate Blanchett sets her sights on Sutton Hoo drama The Dig, Russian cinemas fined for showing The Wolf of Wall Street, 2 States and screen kisses: 'Bollywood is cranking it up a notch'. It might be funny to someone in Japan, but does not have a universal appeal. Postman Blues [Posutoman Burusu] is one of Sabu's better (and older) outings, yet it remains an unknown gem to most. (director/writer: Sabu; cinematographer: Shuji Kuriyama; editor: Shuichi Kakesu; cast: Shinichi Tsutsumi (Ryuichi Sawaki), Osugi Ren (Hit Man Joe), Keisuke Horibe (Noguchi), Toyama Kyoko (Kyoko), Susumu Terajima (Detective Maeda), Tomoro Taguchi (Profiler), Shimizu Hiroshi (Detective Domon); Runtime: 110; F.T.B., Suplex/Nikkatsu; 1997-Japan). It was more than 10 years since I first watched this film and so I wasn't quite sure if it would still hold up after all this time. Flavoring the brew, and making the pic much more than just a black comedy of errors, are a multitude of observations and swipes at the Japanese mind-set, especially its propensity for unquestioning adherence to the status quo and simple logic — which causes most of the problems in the first place. Film buffs will spot a wide variety of gangster films used by the director Sabu as a source for the levity. Postman Blues Adeservedly frequent guest at festivals during the past year, cult Japanese helmer Sabu's second feature, "Postman Blues," is also the best of his three to date. Later they think he a terrorist bomber because he is always delivering packages; and finally, they bring in a criminal profiler, and Sawaki is classified as being a serial homicidal psychopath. Jun

Hiroyuki Tanaka (better known as Sabu) must be the single-most undervalued Japanese director out there. Deeply touched, Sawaki pays her a visit in the hospital the next day, the start of a growing romance. Tech credits are fine in all departments, and Daisuke Okamoto’s varied music underscores the different moods with economy. Reviews in chronological order (Total 0 reviews) Post a review. Postman Blues Buy posters from this movie [This movie hasn't been reviewed yet.] © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Don't have an account? She has a terminal case of cancer.

In fact, it leads nowhere, except to the pic’s main title — in English. Until one day he delivers a letter to an old school pal who ended up working for the Yakuza. While it is almost impossible to catch nowadays, those who have the chance to watch it should do so without hesitation. Postman Blues almost feels like watching a master class on how to do these types of films properly. 2019. Join here. The anxiety-inducing opening scene kept me fooled for a bit longer, too. While it makes his films sound derivative, the fact that Sabu kept perfecting his own style resulted in quite the opposite effect. Postman Blues is one of those films that keeps getting better as Sawaki continues his way forward, landing himself into more and more trouble with each move he makes. Among it is a letter from a young woman, Sayoko (Keiko Tohyama), who’s dying of cancer. Postman Blues is an action comedy, one of the better ones in years. Copyright © Fandango.