The Taste of Tea - Blu-Ray - Region B - [Pre-owned]

Filmmaker Katsuhito Ishii takes a break from the post-Tarantino excess of such highly-stylized outings as Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl for this low-key look at an eccentric family residing in a quiet countryside town just north of Tokyo. The Haruno family is a five-piece clan living the simple life in Japan. The summer sun shining gently down, this quiet quintet is transformed into a six-piece when urban-dwelling uncle Ayano (Tadanobu Asano), a successful music producer, arrives to visit his family and confront his feelings for the ex-girlfriend who married another man after Ayano moved to the city. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

"Super Big" animation (2:49) "Making of the Taste of Tea" documentary (91:18) Trailer (2:12)

Studio: Third Window Films (UK) Run Time: 143 mins approx Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1 Number of Discs: 1 Director: Katsuhito Ishii Actor: Maya Banno, Takahiro Sato, Tadanobu Asano Region: B Rating: 15