Lates

THE TASTE OF TEA

Directed by Katsuhito Ishii

Japan, 2004, 2h 23min, DCP, In Japanese with English subtitles.

Lates

AFS Cinema

6406 N I-35 Suite 3100 Austin, TX, 78752

Showtimes

Fri, Jul 10

Pricing

$14 evening / $11.50 matinee (available M-F for shows before 5 PM)

$4 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Impact Circle members.

Discounts for AISD educators and local high school & college students are available at the box office with a valid school ID.

Accessibility

See more about the venue’s accessibility here.

“A family portrait as painted by a moderately demented Cubist.”
—The New York Times

“A messy, heartfelt entanglement of tangential indulgences into the wild eccentricities of human behavior.”
Slant

“While there are multiple characters and all manner of oddball excursions, everything is anchored in a gentle, affectionate view of a household whose members are ever so slowly finding themselves. The tea that everybody drinks is warm and restorative, and so is Ishii’s strange, sentimental film.”
—Little White Lies

This family is nothing like yours — they’re better. An eccentric artist mom, a hypnotherapist dad, a son with dating hangups, a daughter facing off with her doppelgänger, and an uncle haunted by the past. Giants, musical numbers, and an endless supply of whimsy (a train through the head, anyone?),  it’s — as one character puts it — “weird but cool.” Starring Tadanobu Asano (ICHI THE KILLER) and Tomokazu Miura (TYPHOON CLUB, SMALL, SLOW BUT STEADY) with appearances by Hideaki Anno (EVANGELION, LOVE & POP), Anna Tsuchiya (KAMIKAZE GIRLS), and more. Newly Remastered.

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