Product Details

• Actors: Saki Takaoka, Masayuki Shida, Patricia Álvarez, Alexander Varona Marrero, Humberto Gettys
• Directors: Ryû Murakami
• Writers: Ryû Murakami
• Producers: Jud Cremata, Roger Corman
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: New Concorde
• DVD Release Date: July 18, 2000
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6305904243
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #221,602 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Because of You" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

21-year old Kyoko journeys to New York to visit Jose, who taught her the joy of Latin dance as a young girl. She discovers that Jose is terminally ill and unable to remember her. So begins their extraordinary journey together Format: Color, DVD, NTSC. Language: English. Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.). Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1. Number of discs: 1. Rated: R (Restricted). Studio: New Concorde. DVD Release Date: July 18, 2000. Run Time: 85 minutes.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great feel good movie, November 21, 2003

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I agree with the other persons review I just want to add some more information about the last ten minutes of this movie.
This movie contains live performances by Zenaida Armenteros con Septet Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro. A founding member of the Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba. Zenaida has sung in the most prestigious clubs in Havana, such as the Tropicana,and appeared as a singer in two other hard to get films, Yambao and Mulata. Zenaida's performance also includes a Master level Salsa Casino dance performance. Ng La Banda also perform in the last minutes.
Because of you may be the only chance most will ever have of
seeing Zenaida perform.
I feel this live performance by Zenaida is worth the price of this movie on it's own for someone interested in a "Salsa" master performer.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Undiscovered Gem, January 10, 2006

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Gerard D. Launay (Berkeley, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Because of You (DVD)

So many films are written with the idea of pumping up special effects or creating twists and turns to maintain the viewers' interest. Whatever happened to filming a poignant and simple story? This film returns us to an earlier era when just such a movie was possible. A young girl, in Japan, is comforted by an American soldier - born in Cuba - who teaches her the Latin dances of his birthplace. 12 years later, as a young woman, she makes a voyage to America to see this older American friend...but discovers that he is suffering from an advanced stage of AIDS. He can't even recognize her or distinguish truth from fantasy. Undaunted, she decides to learn how to care for this Aids patient (on her own) so that she can drive him from New York City to Miami, all so that her friend can visit his parents in Floriday who he as not seen in a long time. (Perhaps they rejected his homosexuality) How the world views the outcast and infirm - the throw aways of society -is part of the film, true. But the road trip is a beautiful movie about the meaning of friendship and courage and connectedness. (If you enjoyed the surprise Japanese sleeper hit: "Afterlife", you will also be enchanted by this film). Well worth seeing.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The last 10 minutes is worth the value of the movie!, April 22, 2004

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I won't recap the essence of the movie as it has been done by the previous reviewers. However, I must emphasize the dance scene with the elderly couple as being one of the best that I ever seen in any movie. The gentleman must be all of 80 years old, yet the strength in his legs defies Western logic.

Most 14 year olds could not pull those moves off. You simply MUST see this dance scene! I will be purchasing the movie with this scene in mind.