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Imamura went for broke in WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE, seemingly knowing that this would be his last feature. He chose to adapt a novel which revolves around a woman who sluices water whenever she has an orgasm; she's a walking spring ready to burst, and the world - well, at least the fish - seems grateful for her frequent floods and freshets. Koji Yakusho from SHALL WE DANCE? plays an unemployed Tokyo salaryman who, like his mates in THE EEL and DR. AKAGI (with which this film forms a loose kind of trilogy), ends up in a coastal village. When he encounters a cheese-stealing woman with a sexual deluge lurking inside her, the fishing hamlet is soon awash in more than sea spray. As with his other late comedies, Imamura extends the central relationship (gushing geysers and all) into a generous group portrait. This is the first Toronto screening of WARM WATER since its appearance at the Toronto International Film Festival five years ago. “Nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable, WARM WATER may be the year's best and most unpredictable comedy” (Michael Atkinson, The Village Voice ).
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