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The Taste of Tea (2004)

Directed by Katsuhito Ishii · Cinematography by Kosuke Matsushima

143 min63 frames

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The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: wide — A cartoon figure stands on a rocky, beige landscape under a bright, swirling nebula. A small blue…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: medium — A traditional house veranda faces into a blurred interior living space with tatami mats. A young girl…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: fullbody — A stretch of textured, rippled sand contains small patches of low-growing green vegetation. A man…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: medium — A Japanese middle school classroom features a chalkboard covered with white Japanese writing.The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: establishing — Layers of illuminated golden clouds drift above a dark, silhouetted mountain and tree line.…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: medium — A Japanese convenience store aisle is filled with shelves of products and fluorescent lighting. A…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: establishing — A dense forest canopy with tall trees reaches toward the sky. Sunbeams break through the thick…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: closeup — A student stands in front of a wide, flat rural rice field. The person has a small square shape…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: establishing — A rural landscape features a foreground of broad-leafed crops leading to distant green hills. A…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: medium — A classroom interior features rows of students sitting at wooden desks near large windows. A giant…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: establishing — A rural Japanese house with tiled roofs sits surrounded by dense green vegetation. The structure…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: wide — An open field at dusk with trees visible in the distance under a cloudy sky. Two men stand with a…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: medium — A Japanese-style room with a straw tatami floor features a futon mattress. An adult woman and a young…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: medium — A high vantage point overlooks a winding river flowing through a lush green valley. A man in a dark…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: wide — An expanse of water-filled rice paddies stretches toward a distant road in Japan. A small bus stands…The Taste of Tea (2004) movie still: fullbody — Three men levitate in mid-air over a valley covered with dense green trees. The distant hills are…
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What is The Taste of Tea about?

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

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What does the cinematography of The Taste of Tea look like?

Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The Taste of Tea leans on wide compositions (43% of the sample) and medium shots (22%). Cinematographer Kosuke Matsushima keeps 62% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 83% of the frames.

What is the color palette of The Taste of Tea?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Taste of Tea (2004) are #32332e, #d5d4ce, #0d100e, #abaeaa, #8d9075, #52574d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #0d100e
  • #abaeaa
  • #8d9075
  • #52574d

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