Mifune (1999)
6.5
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Rud and Liva deserve better!
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Mifune is a twisted take on the found family. The father is a lying, cheating businessman, the stepmother is a call girl turned housekeeper for them, and the child isn’t even a child at all– he’s Kresten’s adult brother that has a vaguely defined mental disorder that requires special care. It’s a weird, interesting subversion of the traditional family. That being said, it’s a dynamic that’s hard to root for. This isn’t because of the sex work or the mental illness, in fact, it’s easy to empathize with Rud and Liva because of it. But because the film doesn’t acknowledge or make amends for what we could only call abuse, it’s hard to imagine their choice to stay together as something good for them.
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