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4.0 out of 5 stars
Cigarettes, Cup Ramen, and Cereal,
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This review is from: Tokyo Trash Baby (DVD)
After spending her days working in a coffee shop in which she his hit on by customers of various ages, Miyuki heads home to her small apartment to indulge in her favorite hobby: digging through her neighbor Yoshinori's trash. No, this does not mean that the girl is a detective in training, but that she is completely obsessed with the struggling musician. The things that she is truly keen on are the things that Yoshinori thrown away almost everyday: empty Marlboro boxes, cereal boxes, cup ramen, etc. For each of these items she has a special place and every night she pilfers more of Yoshinori's garbage adding to her collection and thereby making her apartment a shrine of garbage to Yoshinori. With such an obsession it should not be surprising that Miyuki has not uttered a single word to Yoshinori even when he grunts to her in greeting. Despite this lack of words, Miyuki continues to believe that she is the only one for Yoshinori.
If her obsession had remained in the realm of garbage collection, maybe things could have eventually petered out quietly. However, after discovering some thrown away photos of Yoshinori and his ex-girlfriend, Miyuki has her photo taken several times and pastes her head on several of the photos. How happy can she remain digging through the garbage of the man she loves while he brings a new girl home each night? A couple years ago I watched Hiroki's most critically acclaimed film Vibrator and was quickly drawn into his sensitive, poignant world of loneliness and solitariness within the modern urban-scape. Tokyo Trash Baby follows certain themes similar to that of Vibrator, but instead of having a female protagonist bury herself in anorexia and alcohol, Miyuki buries herself in material waste and gives her love to these discarded items some of which, such as a discarded shirt, are soaked with Yoshinori's scent. In this way Miyuki discovered a limited physical connectedness with Yoshinori, but in a more spiritual sense her being is empty. Filmed completely with a digital camera, Tokyo Trash Baby lacks thrills and action and most of the film takes place either in Miyuki's garbage-strewn apartment or the coffee house, but these aspects of the film gives it an edge in displaying the loneliness and confinement one can even experience in a huge place like Tokyo. While not a masterpiece by any means, Tokyo Trash Baby would be a good film to watch for those who are fans of more subtle, quiet directors such as Iwai Shunji and Kore-eda Hirokazu.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Loneliness is subjective,
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This review is from: Tokyo Trash Baby (DVD)
Mami Nakamura's performance makes this one a big winner. She's engaging, endearing, amusing, and sympathetic from start to finish. That's what it takes for a small film like this to succeed, a film which says: "Here's an offbeat character, do you like her? Does she draw you into her life, entertain you, and invite you to wonder what will happen to her?" It takes a clever script and a good performance. Tokyo Trash Baby delivers on both accounts.
Miyuki (Nakamura) is a girl in love with her upstairs neighbor, a musician. Instead of trying to meet him she is content with stealing his garbage and foraging through it to find things that will give her insight into his personality. She collects many things, like empty cereal boxes, cigarette butts, love letters, discarded musical scores, and creates a shrine to her love in her apartment. She discards a used condom. The story falls a little flat after she does eventually meet him face to face, but Miyuki is still fun to spend time with. As are the few peripheral characters in the film. Tomorowo Taguchi plays the manager at the cafe where Miyuki works and is typical Taguchi odd but doesn't have much impact on the story. Two other characters do, though: Kô Shibasaki plays co-worker, Kyoko, whose screen time is devoted almost exclusively to telling Miyuki stories of her sexual conquests, dreams, and dilemmas ... and bumming smokes. Masahiro Toda plays a customer trying desperately to get Miyuki to go out with him but he's too boring to make an impact on her. His attempts at realizing love are face to face but his loneliness prevents him from catching a clue. Both characters serve as juxtaposition to Miyuki and highlight my favorite theme of the film: loneliness. Kyoko has a very active social life but seems unfulfilled and lost. Miyuki (contrary to most observations on the film) doesn't seem lonely. She seems content and happy with her life. That's what makes her interesting. Director Hiroki gives her the respect she deserves. Tokyo Trash Baby is part of the Love Cinema series of six straight-to-video releases which also includes Takashi Miike's Visitor Q. It's a low-budget affair shot on Digital Video. It's uses all natural lighting and sometimes the glare from an open window distracts but never gets in the way. It's testament to the strength of the story and performance that technical limitations do not derail the project at all.
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