Mr. Hayashi
19633m5.8
Documentary
- Runtime
- 3m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- United States of America
About
Bruce Baillie's Mr. Hayashi might be thought of as a putative East Coast story transformed by a West Coast sensibility. The narrative, slight as it is, mounts a social critique of sorts, involving the difficulty the title character, a Japanese gardener, has finding work that pays adequately. But the beauty of Baillie's black-and-white photography, the misty lusciousness of the landscapes he chooses to photograph, and the powerful silence of Mr. Hayashi's figure within them make the viewer forget all about economics and ethnicity. The shots remind us of Sung scrolls of fields and mountain peaks, where the human figure is dwarfed in the middle distance. Rather than a study of unemployment, the film becomes a study of nested layers of stillness and serenity.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Bruce Baillie
- Status
- Released
- Released
- May 26, 1963
If you like this
Joker: Put on a Happy Face
20207.9
Extremis
20166.9
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red
20226.8
Being James Bond
20217.8
Seduced and Abandoned
20136.2
Black Sheep
20187.2
Come See Me in the Good Light
20257.2
My Mom Jayne
20258.0
I Am Heath Ledger
20177.4
A Toxic Love Story
20266.4
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper
20155.9
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
20007.8
Naqoyqatsi
20026.2
Avatar: The Deep Dive - A Special Edition of 20/20
20227.2
McQueen
20187.4
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
20196.2
Dawg Fight
20156.4
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Hawkeye
20227.2
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
20106.5
Don't F*#% With John Wick
20157.5
Similar
Wutharr, Saltwater Dreams
2017
Sea Trip
2017
Part of Me Now
2017
Taxi Tbilisi
2016
Origins of Life
20015.9
The Threatening Sky
19669.5
Shifting Courts
Movie
Ariadne
2005
Propaganda Message
19748.0
The Silence
20157.7
Beyond the Water's Edge
2024
Dead People
19839.0
Old Romances
2012
Bambini
19607.0
La casa delle vedove
196010.0