Movie: Argentine Hag
Romaji: Arugentin baba
Japanese: アルゼンチンババア
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Naoki Nagao
Writer: Naoki Nagao, Banana Yoshimoto
Producer: Kazuto Takida
Cinematographer
Release Date: March 24, 2007
Runtime: 112min
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan
Cast:
Koji Yakusho - Satoru Wakui
Kyoka Suzuki - Yuri
Maki Horikita - Mitsuko Wakui
Ittoku Kishibe - Junzo Shirai
Kitaro - Kokichi Inuzuka
Yukichi Kobayashi - Shinichi Takimoto
Aiko Morishita - Sanae Takimoto
Miako Tadano
Plot:
After the death of her dearest mother, her serious-minded father (Yakusho Koji) goes missing, leaving their only daughter Mitsuko (Horikita Maki). Six months later, it turns out that he is at Yuri's (Suzuki Kyoka) house, who is rumored to be an eccentric and is commonly known as Argentine hag. Furious Mitsuko tries to persuade her father to return home, but he won't listen. While visiting the house on numerous occasions in order to change his mind, Mitsuko begins to be drawn to Yuri's warm personality, and to think that she should simply let them be. Just then, Yuri collapses all of a sudden. She has been pregnant. The baby is born safely, but Yuri passes away. Mitsuko decides to raise the child as its mother.
The film portrays a man and his daughter, who lose their moorings after the death of his wife, regaining their bond as a family through interaction with an eccentric woman. Directed by Nagao Naoki of Sazanami. Yakusho Koji of Babel and Silk plays the father. Based on a novel of the same title about life and death, by a leading writer in Japan, Yoshimoto Banana, whose works have been translated into more than 30 languages.
General:
Format.......: Matroska
File Size....: 1489,44 MiB
Duration.....: 1h 51mn
Bitrate......: 1 860 Kbps
Subtitles....: None
Source.......: DVD9 by Rawdeal
Screenshots (Click for full resolution):
Video:
Video Format......: AVC
Video Codec.......: x264 - core 115 r2008 4c552d8
Bitrate...........: 1 439 Kbps
Frame Rate........: 23.976 fps
Aspect Ratio......: 16:9
Resolution........: 720x400
Audio #1:
Format..........: AC-3
Bitrate.........: 384 Kbps
Channels........: 2 channels
Sampling Rate...: 48.0 KHz
Language........: Japanese
