A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
2016 · Movie · 179 min · ★ 6.9 · 66% critics
A lonely woman, cut off from real support, turns to hired actors and strangers to fill the roles of friends and family for her wedding. As the arrangement grows, the story explores isolation, identity, and the fragile comfort of make-believe.
Also known as A Bride for Rip Van Winkl
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Details
- Original title
- リップヴァンウィンクルの花嫁
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-03-17
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (76 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy quiet, offbeat dramas about loneliness and human connection, especially if films like April Story or Hana & Alice appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast-moving plot or big emotional payoffs.
Pros: unusual premise; emotionally delicate mood; thoughtful character focus | Cons: very slow pace; understated drama; emotionally distant
Themes
- japan
- social network
Cast & crew
Haru Kuroki
as Nanami Minagawa
Go Ayano
as Yukimasu Amuro
Cocco
as Mashiro Satonaka
Hideko Hara
as Kayako
Go Jibiki
as Tetsuya
Soko Wada
as Yuto Takashima
Tomoko Mariya
as Harumi Minagawa
Yugo Saso
as Katsu
Nana Natsume
as Saeko
Akio Kaneda
as Hironori
Directed by Shunji Iwai