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Picnic

Picnic

Drama · Adventure · 1996

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

Movie details

Picnic

“I know when the world will end.”

1996 Drama · Adventure 1h 12m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.8 / 10

Community rating

Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Picnic?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Shunji Iwai

Written by

Shunji Iwai

Chara

Chara

Coco

Tadanobu Asano

Tadanobu Asano

Tsumuji

Koichi Hashizume

Koichi Hashizume

Satoru

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Head Nurse

Fujiko Yamamoto

Fujiko Yamamoto

Nurse

Shifumi Yamaguchi

Shifumi Yamaguchi

Coco's Mother

Takaaki Kabuto

Takaaki Kabuto

Coco's Father

Court is in session

Put Picnic on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.