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| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Written by | Sion Sono |
| Starring | Akira Eiji Okuda Ayumi Ito Keiko Takahashi |
| Cinematography | Shogo Ueno |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Be Sure to Share (ちゃんと伝える, Chanto Tsutaeru) is a 2009 Japanese drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. It screened at the 2009 New York Asian Film Festival.
Plot
[edit]Shiro's struggle with his father's cancer and impending death leads to a realization that he must communicate his love and admiration for him before it's too late. A series of flashbacks reveals their relationship over time, and the trouble Shiro faced connecting to his strict father who was also his teacher and soccer coach. With a consuming secret of his own, Shiro, now in his late 20s and about to get engaged, must eventually learn how to share it with his loved ones.
Reception
[edit]''Be Sure to Share surely is one of the last movies we would have expected to see from the director of the extreme, Sion Sono.", stated a review on AsianMovieWeb.[1] This surprise is shared by another positive review, finding that the film's "conflicted portrait of machismo humbled before mortality is graced with a climactic act of desperation from Shiro, as moving as it is uncomfortable in expressing the irrationality of love, that leaves this question in a state of agonizing irresolution."[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Be Sure to Share (Japan, 2009) - Review | AsianMovieWeb". www.asianmovieweb.com. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ Review, In (2016-08-19). "Be Sure to Share | Sion Sono". In Review Online. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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