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My Uncle (2016)
Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita
Cast: Ryuhei Matsuda, Riku Onishi, Yoko Maki, Shigeyuki Totsugi
Runtime110 min
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Yukio Haruyama is an elementary school student. He has an uncle that teaches philosophy part-time at an university. His uncle leeches off his family. The uncle then goes on a blind date and falls in love with beautiful Eri Inaba. She is a fourth generation Japanese living in Hawaii. Sometime later, Eri goes back to Hawaii to take over a coffee farm left behind by her recently deceased grandmother. Yukio and his uncle travel to Hawaii to see Eri.
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My Uncle (2016) is a Japanese comedy film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita. While reception among critics has not been extensively covered, the film appears to have resonated with audiences, holding a rating of 7.2/10 on IMDb based on over 700 user reviews.
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Fans of Japanese comedy and slice-of-life dramas will enjoy this heartwarming 2016 film directed by Nobuhiro Yamashita, which features standout performances from Ryuhei Matsuda and Riku Onishi as an uncle and nephew who travel to Hawaii and discover the power of family.
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Mon Oncle is a 1958 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. The first of Tati's films to be released in colour, Mon Oncle won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, a Special Prize at the 1958 Cannes Film Festival, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Foreign Language Film, receiving more honours than any of Tati's other cinematic works.
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