Takuji’s been in a coma for quite some time after an accident in the mountains, where he often wandered wistfully. His family and friends have been coping rather well with his condition, and he lies in bed at home where everyone can visit him.
| Original Title | Nemuru otoko - Sleeping Man | ||||||||||||||||
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| German Title | Der Schlafende Mann | ||||||||||||||||
| French Title | L'homme qui dort | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Titles | Sleeping Man | ||||||||||||||||
| Directed by | Kohei OGURI | ||||||||||||||||
| Country | Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| Available Formats | 35mm, DVD | ||||||||||||||||
| Screenplay | Oguri, Kohei | ||||||||||||||||
| Film Editing | Nobuo Ogawa | ||||||||||||||||
| Soundtrack | Toshio Hosokawa | ||||||||||||||||
| Cinematography | Osame Maruike | ||||||||||||||||
| Sound | Soichi Inoue | ||||||||||||||||
| Décors | Yoshinaga Yokoo, Art Durinsky | ||||||||||||||||
| Production | Space Co. Ltd, Tokyo; Munashi Masuzawa, Hiroshi Fujikura, Hiroyuki Kodera | ||||||||||||||||
| Runtime | 104 Min. | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Japanisch/d/f | ||||||||||||||||
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Grosser Spezialpreis am Montreal World Film Festival1996. Preis der CICAE (Internationaler Verband der Studiokinos) am Filmfestival von Berlin 1997.
Une merveille! Une oeuvre d’une immense force narrative (Tages-Anzeiger)
Une peinture en plusieurs tableaux , authentique hymne à la nature, aux éléments primitifs - l’air, l’eau, le vent, le feu. (La Liberté)
La caméra observe la petite ville de compagne et ses habitants. Comme peut-être les arbres observent les hommes. (taz)
Ce n’est pas un film sur les conquêtes (acquis) ou les mésaventures (insuccés) des hommes: c’est un film sur l’être. (cinemago)
L’homme qui dort appartient à ces chefs d’oeuvres du film méditatifs, ici avec des images d’une extraordinaire intensité poétique, on atteint à une expérience intégrale du sens de la vie et de la mort, comme on ne l’avait plus connue depuis Tarkowski. (Neue Luzerner Zeitung)
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