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Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I'm so disappointed that this has such a low rating! As some of the other ratings indicate, yes this is a quirky movie.Why is that a bad thing?! I thought this had such a cute, super charming atmosphere to it.The characters are all interesting, excellent acting and beautiful cinematography. I just got this warm pleasant feeling from it, much like I got from Chungking Express, one of my all-time favorites.Good movie! I need more Imamura!hurray!

Believe it or not, this is NOT the weirdest Japanese movie I have seen--that title goes to the fantastic film "Happiness of Katakuris". This film, though weird, just doesn't have the same level of charm as Katakuris plus it really is quite disgusting in spots. You see, the main female character has a bizarre curse--her body begins filling up with water all the time until it leaks from her vagina. And, she has found there are two ways to alleviate the problem--do something bad (she shoplifts) and the water level decreases or have sex and her vagina releases water sort of like Old Faithful (the geyser). This is all true--I am NOT making this up or trying to fool you! The sad thing is that the acting is really good and I think this if the plot did not contain this stupid element, it would have been a splendid film. For a better film by this same director, try "The Eel".

This film is not a as good as Imamura's "The Eel", but is hauntingly memorable. The plot leaves a bit to be desired ,but the characters and the situations are engaging and intriguing. Like "The Eel" the film is populated by people outside of mainstream society, misfits and "losers", but all the more endearing for it. The film is full of memorable vignettes, the fishermen by the river, the couple who run the guest-house, the family run fishing business and the African runner. All of these characters and situations have hand in the transformation of the central character's transformation from unhappy salaryman, trapped by mainstream society, to an outsider with a new found freedom. This and "The Eel" have similar qualities to the films of Julio Medem. A sort of Japanese magical realism.

Warm Water Under a Red Bridge directed by the prolific Shohei Imamura follows the life of Yosuke Sasano played by Koji Yakusho. The film has many rich layers and mythic qualities. After losing his job, Yosuke seeks advice from a vagrant wise man name Taro, played by Kazuo Kitamura. Taro ultimately sends Yosuke on a quest to find a hidden golden budda statue. Itfs not so much the statue thatfs important we learn when Yosuke travels to a small fishing village to a house beside the red bridge where we meet Saeko Aizawa who befriends Yosuke to releases her body of water from her very strange condition.The filling water in Saeko body symbolizes her loneliness and her heaviness of heart to find someone in her life. The gag where Yosuke relieves Seikofs water is fun the first time but soon becomes repetitive. The characters in the story are disjointed from each other but this is not nessearly a bad thing since Imamura has so much to show us. For instance there is a subplot involving an African marathon runner which is used clearly for comic relief but and has nothing to do with the rest of the story. But its characters like this that adds multiple dimensions to the story that really make it memorable.One thing that confused me was that there was a scene of Saeko almost drowned in the river when she was small and it makes audience imagine that it was probably the cause of flood in her body. However, in the end of the movie we will know that her grandma also had the same sexual predisposition contradicting the river scene.Overall the film is worth watching for the quirkiness of the characters. A man who just lost his job, homeless people, fishermen, a senile old lady, an African marathon runner, there are a lot of unique characters in this movie. They are people at the bottom of the Japanese social pyramid and something we usually do not see in the movie. The story is a kind of silly, erotic, and funny. Although not a perfect film the fountain spewing sex scenes will be remembered for a long time.