- Minna no Ie
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Minna no Ie Directed by Koki Mitani Written by Koki Mitani Starring Naoki Tanaka
Akiko Yagi
Toshiaki Karasawa
Kunie TanakaRelease date(s) 2001 Running time 116 min. Language Japanese Minna no Ie (みんなのいえ Minna no Ie ) (also known as Everyone's Home) is a 2001 comedy film written and directed by Japanese director Koki Mitani. The film is about an affluent couple who decide to build a new house, and the clash between traditional Japanese and modern western styles between the people they hire to build it.
Cast members include Naoki Tanaka (Iijima Naosuke, the husband), Akiko Yagi (Iijima Tamiko, the wife), Toshiaki Karasawa (Yanagisawa, the interior designer) and Kunie Tanaka (Tamiko's father, the builder).
The film was nominated for six Japanese Academy Awards. Naoki Tanaka and Akiko Yagi were named as Newcomers of the Year; Tanaka also won the Most Popular Performer prize.
Plot
Naosuke and Tamiko are a happily married couple, and have just bought some land in the countryside to build their new house on. They ask Yanagisawa, Tamiko's junior at university and an interior designer to design it. However, because he is not a qualified architect, they need someone else to apply for consent and built it. They ask Tamiko's father, a builder, to do this.
Yanagisawa is a modernist, influenced by American architecture; Tamako's father is a traditionalist. The two soon come into conflict over the design of the house. After many disagreements, they eventually start to understand each other's way of thinking. The house is successfully completed.
Further reading
External links
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald (1997) · Minna no Ie (2001) · The Uchōten Hotel (2006) · The Magic Hour (2008) · Once in a Blue Moon (2011)
Categories:- 2001 films
- Films directed by Kōki Mitani
- Japanese films
- 2000s comedy films
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