Harmonium
2016 · Movie · 120 min · ★ 6.6 · 79% critics
A quiet family’s routine is shaken when the father hires an old acquaintance to work in his small workshop. Recently out of prison, the newcomer gradually pushes past professional boundaries and starts inserting himself into the home, stirring up unease and exposing fragile fault lines.
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Details
- Original title
- 淵に立つ
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-10-08
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 79/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (97 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a slow-burn, nerve-tightening story about a stranger disrupting a seemingly stable household, similar in spirit to Love Life; Not for you if you dislike uneasy domestic tension or rough early pacing.
Pros: tense second half; unsettling family drama; strong wife performance | Cons: shaky early setup; some cliché scenes; ending feels unclear
Awards & recognition
- Un certain regard Award
Cast & crew
Tadanobu Asano
as Sotaro Yasaka
Mariko Tsutsui
as Akie Suzuoka
Taiga Nakano
as Takashi Yamagami
Momone Shinokawa
as Hotaru Suzuoka
Kana Mahiro
as Hotaru Suzuoka (Adult)
Kanji Furutachi
as Toshio Suzuoka
Takahiro Miura
as Atsushi Shitara
- KA
Kenichi Akiyama
Yuriko Tanaka
- SK
Shoko Kohama
Directed by Koji Fukada