Warm Water Under a Red Bridge Reviews

It has been a while since I have seen this flick, in fact, I have even seen it in the movie theater when it was released and, to be honest, I wonder how I actually ended up watching this feature. I think I went to see this flick above all because Shohei Imamura had a really good reputation but I didn’t know at the time that it would be his last directing effort (I don’t count ‘11'09''01 - September 11’ since it was just a short feature with many other directors involved). Anyway, eventually, it turned out to be a rather tough watch and even though I admired the work done, I can’t say I was really blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, like many Asian features, there is a lot of symbolism but not only it went rather above my head, to be honest, I’m not sure I really cared for it. Basically, I really liked the characters and I thought the actors involved delivered some solid performances but their behavior was so weird, it made the whole thing rather alienating. To conclude, I think it didn’t get this flick but there was still something really artistic about the whole thing and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.