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Drama, Romance - 2010
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Set in the 1960s, high school student Toru Watanabe loses his only friend Kizuki after he commits suicide. Toru, now looking for a new life, enters a university in Tokyo. By chance, Toru meets Kizuki's ex-girlfriend Naoko in the university. They grow close because they both share the same loss. As Toru and Naoko grow even closer, Naoko's sense of loss also grows. After Naoko's 20th birthday, she leaves for a sanitarium in Kyoto. Watanabe, devastated by the situation, meets pure-hearted Midori during the spring semester. Midori looks like a small animal that just came into the world ...
Director:
,
Tran Anh Hung
Cast:
,
Rinko Kikuchi
,
Eriko Hatsune
,
Kenichi Matsuyama
,
Kengo Kora
,
Reika Kirishima
,
Tetsuji Tamayama
,
Kiko Mizuhara
,
Takao Handa
,
Tokio Emoto

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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
133 min
Release date:
11 Dec 2010
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$17,636,261
Awards:
4 wins & 8 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
A master of mood and visuals, Tran proves an inspired choice.
– G. Allen Johnson,
San Francisco Chronicle,
2 Feb 2012
rotten:
It becomes a film that, like its characters, remains elusive in its motivations and therefore detached from its audience.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
1 Mar 2012
rotten:
Tran has drained the life right out of the novel.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
2 Mar 2012
fresh:
We cover years at a bound, but when we light, we tend to spend long, lingering moments through the camera's loving eye. This is a beautiful film to see.
– Richard Nilsen,
Arizona Republic,
15 Mar 2012
fresh:
The acting in the film is key. Every moment by Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Watanabe and Rinko Kikuchi as Naoko is valid yet seems distilled by memory rather than presented raw.
– Stanley Kauffmann,
The New Republic,
19 Jun 2013
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