[REL] Gondola (1987)

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[REL] Gondola (1987)

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Gondola (1987)
A young man, came from countryside to Tokyo. He's cleaning the windows of skyscrapers for a living. He's desperate, because, there's a distance between him and office workers in the windows. Kagari, a 10 year old girl. She felt same thing as this young man also. The distance between she and her parents, it makes her very insecure mentally. They have something in common. Many people are surrounding them all the time, they can touch them, they can talk to them if they want to. Maybe, they can fill the distance between them. But it never will be. They live in solitude. But one time, they happen to meet each other. That's when young man cleaning windows of Kagari's apartment. They stare each other through the window for a moment. That was a strange moment, but also an interesting expression by the director. Because, they seems that they don't feel any distance between them. Young man said "It's strange to talk with somebody in the window. This is my first time". This film is very poetic, got great expression through the entire film. It's very interesting that the director is now making porno films. To me, maybe, he's always curious about the girls who living in city desperately.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315905/

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Has anyone ever found this movie anywhere? Blockbuster doesn't have it for rent or sale and Amazon doesn't seem to have it either.
The Gondola in this movie is the window-washing rig that a former resident of a fishing village uses to clean the glass on a high-rise apartment building. Ryo is the window-washer, and when he observes the trials and tribulations of a largely abandoned young schoolgirl, he is moved to make her acquaintance. Despite the disparity in their cultures, ages, and relative wealth, the two provide one another with much-needed support. For Ryu, it is the most meaningful contact he has had since he left his much-loved village up north. For the girl Kagari, his is almost the only genuine concern anyone has shown her. At one point, the window-washer takes the girl to visit his home village and gives her beloved pet bird, now dead, a fine funeral. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Here are some screencaps I found on a picture site to whet your appetite:

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Re: [REQ] Gondola (1987)

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OMG :eyecrazy

Seems like to be very hard to find :wall
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If I understand right the mumbo jumbo the translator makes out of this page and the descriptions on Youtube, then there is a digitally remastered version screened at Japanese cinemas since January 2017: http://gondola-movie.com/
Maybe then we can hope for a DVD soon? I mean, if they took the effort for remastering, they probably want to make some more money, don't they? ;)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a89kFRz7Nc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_osRdlm_md4
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Re: [REQ] Gondola (1987)

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Warg wrote:Maybe then we can hope for a DVD soon? I mean, if they took the effort for remastering, they probably want to make some more money, don't they? ;)
Bingo! :drool It's out since last Christmas (no pun intended ;)): http://gondola-movie.com/news/dvd%ef%bc ... %e5%86%85/

I tried to find it but with no success yet. Hopefully someone else has more luck than me (I'm not mentioning any names - cough - ghost :lol:) ...
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Re: [REQ] Gondola (1987)

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OMG! :shock: So let's pray!

Here's the amazon link: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B07WP322SB/ ... iHmRaAcViE
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Price is horrible ca 35 eur+delivery for dvd and due the corona there are certainly troubles with postal service now
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I hoped to find a japanese blog with an upload but there are only blogs with infos. Maybe at some streaming site?
BTW in Japanese it's ゴンドラ if someone wants to search ...
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Re: [REQ] Gondola (1987)

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Hi,

For once I have something I can share with you:

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https://www.mediafire.com/file/oqkknmwfkvgtfwa/Gondola.7z/file
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wERBV2W7fDC65piT
Remuxed directly from the Blu-ray with MakeMKV (no compression). There are no subtitles on the Blu-ray unfortunately.

I take this opportunity to thank those of you who share.

Enjoy!
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Re: [REQ] Gondola (1987)

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Good job, xx_neo_xx. :icon_idea2

Wow! 15.46GB is a big chunk to download. Gonna have to pass on it this time, but thanks anyway.
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