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In this preternaturally assured feature debut by Carlos Reygadas, a man (Alejandro Ferretis) travels from Mexico City to an isolated village to commit suicide; once there, however, he meets a pious elderly woman (Magdalena Flores) whose quiet humanity incites a reawakening of his desires. Recruiting a cast of nonactors and filming in sublime 16 mm CinemaScope, Reygadas explores the harsh beauty of the Mexican countryside with earthy tactility, conjuring a psychic landscape where religion mingles with sex, life coexists with death, and the animal and spiritual sides of human experience become indistinguishable. A work of soaring ambition and startling visual poetry, Japón is an existential journey through uncharted cinematic territory that established the singular voice of its director.
Original Release
01/01/2002
US Release
01/01/2002
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Alejandro Ferretis | The man |
Yolanda Villa | Sabina |
Martín Serrano | Juan Luis |
Rolando Hernández | The judge |
Bernabe Pérez | The singer |
Fernando Benítez | Fernando |
Carlo Reygadas Barquín | The hunter |
Ronald Hanmer | Ascen |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Alejandro Ferretis | The man |
Yolanda Villa | Sabina |
Martín Serrano | Juan Luis |
Rolando Hernández | The judge |
Bernabe Pérez | The singer |
Fernando Benítez | Fernando |
Carlo Reygadas Barquín | The hunter |
Ronald Hanmer | Ascen |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Carlos Reygadas | Producer |
Jaime Romandia | Producer |
Gerardo Tagle | Producer |
Carlos Serrano Azcona | Producer |