Movie: Fear and Trembling

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Sylvie Testud
Sylvie Testud

Amélie

Kaori Tsuji
辻香織

Fubuki

Bison Katayama
Bison Katayama

Monsieur Omochi

Tarō Suwa
諏訪太朗

Monsieur Saito

Yasunari Kondo
Yasunari Kondo

Monsieur Tenshi

Sokyu Fujita
藤田宗久

Monsieur Haneda

Gen Shimaoka
Gen Shimaoka

Monsieur Unaji

Heileigh Gomes
Heileigh Gomes

Amélie enfant

Eri Sakai
Eri Sakai

Fubuki enfant

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    Amélie, a young Belgian woman, having spent her childhood in Japan, decides to return to live there and tries to integrate in the Japanese society. She is determined to be a "real Japanese" before her year contract runs out, though it precisely this determination that is incompatable with Japanese humility. Though she is hired for a choice position as a translator at an import/export firm, her inability to understand Japanese cultural norms results in increasingly humiliating demotions. Though Amelie secretly adulates her, her immediate supervisor takes sadistic pleasure in belittling her all along. She finally manages to break Amelie's will by making her the bathroom attendant, and is delighted when Amelie tells her the she will not renew her contract. Amelie realizes that she is finally a real Japanese when she enters the company president's office "with fear and trembling," which could only be possible because her determination was broken by Miss Fubuki's systematic torture.

  • Release Date

    2003-03-12

  • Average

    6.5

  • Rating:

    3.3 starts
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