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Fear and Trembling (2003)

Overview

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.
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Alain Corneau profile
Alain Corneau

Director

Cast

Sylvie Testud profile
Sylvie Testud

Amélie

Kaori Tsuji profile
Kaori Tsuji

Fubuki

Bison Katayama profile
Bison Katayama

Mr Omochi

Tarô Suwa profile
Tarô Suwa

Monsieur Saito

Yasunari Kondo profile
Yasunari Kondo

Monsieur Tenshi

Sokyu Fujita profile
Sokyu Fujita

Monsieur Haneda

Gen Shimaoka profile
Gen Shimaoka

Monsieur Unaji

Heileigh Gomes profile
Heileigh Gomes

Amélie enfant

Eri Sakai profile
Eri Sakai

Fubuki enfant

Sylvie Testud profile
Sylvie Testud

Amélie

Kaori Tsuji profile
Kaori Tsuji

Fubuki

Bison Katayama profile
Bison Katayama

Mr Omochi

Tarô Suwa profile
Tarô Suwa

Monsieur Saito

Yasunari Kondo profile
Yasunari Kondo

Monsieur Tenshi

Sokyu Fujita profile
Sokyu Fujita

Monsieur Haneda

Gen Shimaoka profile
Gen Shimaoka

Monsieur Unaji

Heileigh Gomes profile
Heileigh Gomes

Amélie enfant

Eri Sakai profile
Eri Sakai

Fubuki enfant

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Release Date

March 12, 2003

Original Language

French, Japanese

Budget

$0.00

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