Crime

Under the Open Sky

CrimeDrama

A lifelong Yakuza, released from prison after 13 years, journeys to find the mother who abandoned him as a child. He is hindered by his gangster past and struggles to adapt to his new life outside of prison.

Year

2021

Duration

2h 6m

IMDb

7.2

Trailer

Cast

Miwa Nishikawa

Director

Kôji Yakusho

Masao Mikami

Seiji Rokkaku

Ryosuke Matsumoto

Yukiya Kitamura

Hisatoshi Iguchi

Hakuryû

Akimasa Shimoinaba

Midoriko Kimura

Masuko Shimoinaba

NY

Narumi Yasuda

Kumiko Nishio

Meiko Kaji

Atsuko Shoji

Isao Hashizume

Tsutomu Shoji

Masami Nagasawa

Yoshizawa

Taiga Nakano

Tsunoda

RS

Rina Sakuragi

Lily

Miwa Nishikawa

Writer

RS

Ryûzô Saki

Writer

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Bobby Van JaarsveldOct 17, 2022

Despite moments of unnecessary melodrama, director Miwa Nishikawa has made a fine movie about an aged, ex-Yakuza trying to find his way "under the open sky". The plot of ex-prisoners attempting to reintegrate into our society (which doesn't care for them) has been repeatedly rehashed. Nevertheless, the main character, well performed by Yakusho Koji, kept me absorbed and ensured that I followed this movie with two more Nishikawa movies, 'Sway' and 'The Long Excuses'. I recommend you spent your next free (and rainy day) with that triple viewing. In context, the theme is redemption.

Meliss'okOct 17, 2022

I would rate it 3.5 and I rounded down. The main actor is great in his role, but the story is not only basic, nearly every scene is less a flowing part of the story, and more a blunt storytelling block. This in part is the reason why the forced melodrama doesn't work, and you don't feel any emotions in the dramatic scenes, because it's so blandly and sparsely built up. It's unfortunate that the scenes end up as building blocks to the ridiculously overdone finale. If they remade it with a competent writer/director, this would be a great film, because the cast/scenery/cinematography/music is fine, it's that the story is both not good, and to compound it, the way that is told is also not good.

Chiraz BoutefnouchétOct 17, 2022

TIFF 2020 08 Under the Open Sky This film is a story about an ex-con Yakuza member from Japan who after getting out of prison for about 13 years, tries and really struggles to find his place in the normal society. fir me personally, everything in this film worked perfectly until the last 10 minutes or so which was completely unnecessary in my opinion and left a sour taste in my mouth. the film is very handsome, it has some beautiful takes and a textured story. The lead actor Koji Yakusho gives a convincing and powerful performance. I think this can be a much better film with some tweaks and some changes in the editing department.