Released Year: 2010
Directed by 陳英雄 Tran Anh Hung
Casted by:
松山研一 Ken'ichi Matsuyama as 渡邊徹
Watanabe
菊地凛子 Rinko Kikuchi as 直子 Naoko
水原希子 Kiko Mizuhara as 小林綠 Midori
玉山鐵二 Tetsuji Tamayama as 永澤學長 Nagasawa
菊地凛子 Rinko Kikuchi as 直子 Naoko
水原希子 Kiko Mizuhara as 小林綠 Midori
玉山鐵二 Tetsuji Tamayama as 永澤學長 Nagasawa
Story:
Toru Watanabe is a quiet and serious young man in 1960s Tokyo whose personal life is in tumult, having lost his best friend Kizuki after he inexplicably commits suicide. Seeking an escape, Toru enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, during a walk in a park, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko, and they grow close. Naoko is devastated by the loss of Kizuki and spirals into a deep depression.
After Naoko's 20th birthday, which she shares with Toru, she withdraws from the world and leaves for a sanitarium in a remote forest setting near Kyoto. Toru is anguished by the situation, as he still has deep feelings for Naoko, but she is unable to reciprocate. He also lives with the influence of death everywhere, while Naoko feels as if some integral part of her has been permanently lost. He continues with his studies, and during the spring semester meets an attractive girl and fellow student Midori, who is everything that Naoko isn't — outgoing, vivacious, and supremely self-confident. The story then follows Toru as he is torn between the two women in his life, and choosing between his past and his future.
After Naoko's 20th birthday, which she shares with Toru, she withdraws from the world and leaves for a sanitarium in a remote forest setting near Kyoto. Toru is anguished by the situation, as he still has deep feelings for Naoko, but she is unable to reciprocate. He also lives with the influence of death everywhere, while Naoko feels as if some integral part of her has been permanently lost. He continues with his studies, and during the spring semester meets an attractive girl and fellow student Midori, who is everything that Naoko isn't — outgoing, vivacious, and supremely self-confident. The story then follows Toru as he is torn between the two women in his life, and choosing between his past and his future.
L² Scored: 6/10
L² Comment:
L² Comment:
A nice film, but not really my type. I love the way how this Vietnamese director film this movie, and the sceneries look so good under his shot. Story wise is a bit too lengthy and a bit bored, i feel like a lot of scenes can be cut off, but the director remains it. Matsuyama is so cute, even without acting cool like how he did in Death Note, he still looks good and cute :)
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