If you want to read my review of Suzuki=Bakudan, read this post. In 爆弾, Suzuki is a broke, dissolute middle-aged man with a dead conscience who, upon being arrested for damage and assault, begins to foresee explosions and reveal crimes.
Continue reading “Suzuki=Bakudan”These days I did one of those family programs. Aquarium. Although I went alone. So I think it’s a program for everyone. Just like marine life.
Another thing that I really like, as you are already tired of knowing, are Japanese movies. And this solo tour reminded me of one of the best, Just Remembering, with Sairi Ito and Sosuke Ikematsu, who was an aquarium employee.
The film is very interesting. In addition to the story being very realistic and mature, the script is developed backwards. That is, it starts from the chronological future and ends in the past. Very cool.
Suzume
If you want to read my review of Suzume No Tojimari, read this post. In すずめの戸締まり, Suzume Iwato and Souta Munakata attempt to find and close the “Doors of Disaster” to prevent a series of catastrophes from occurring across Japan.
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If you want to read my review of Asako I & II, read this post. In 寝ても覚めても, Asako fell in love with Baku, a man so free that one day he simply disappeared. Years later, she meets Ryohei, a man with a completely different personality than Baku. But, with the identical face.
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If you want to read my review of Phases of the Moon, read this post. In 月の満ち欠け, Tsuyoshi Osanai lost his wife, Kozue Osanai, and daughter, Ruri Osanai, in a car accident. Years later, he discovers that they reincarnated to resolve unfinished business.
Continue reading “Phases of the Moon”Just Remembering
If you want to read my review of Just Remembering, read this post. In ちょっと思い出しただけ, during the COVID pandemic, a couple of ex-lovers meet, unintentionally, and begin to remember the time they lived together as lovers, only to go their separate ways again.
Continue reading “Just Remembering”Theatre: A Love Story
If you want to read my Theatre: A Love Story reviews, also known as Gekijou 2020 or just Theatre 2020, read this post. 劇場 is about a penniless, clumsy theater director and his pure and courageous girlfriend. The romance started by chance. He moved to Tokyo to form a troupe and she studied acting in high school. They like each other. But filling in the gaps between ideals and reality leads to loneliness.
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