chigasaki story
on the second day, the mayor of chigasaki city, nobuyuki hattori greeted the audience before the screening the film chigasaki story .
yasujiro ozu fans take note: chigasaki story unfolds in the very seaside inn where the japanese auteur lived for half a year and conceived of tokyo story and late spring .
nursery centers in chigasaki - shi gather. it is perfect opportunity when we can hear story of plural nursery centers .
last year, they made sure their superlative indie hit chigasaki story was screening with english subs in local theaters; they’re doing the same with their new film, the directing debut of indie queen kiki sugino, executive producer and star of chigasaki story .
“the story of our home” – 2016 pyongyang film review the north korean film
the story of our home
( 우리 집 이야기) is loosely based on the true story of the country' s
girl mother .
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( l - r) kiki sugino as maki and ena koshino as karin in takuya misawa’s “chigasaki story. ” (still courtesy of the singapore international film festival )
ironically expressed love story of ３ men and 4 women in the beach, suburb of tokyo .
the story takes place in chigasaki city, where there’s an inn called “chigasakikan” which the famous japanese film director named yasuji ozu stayed regularly to write the script. it is a humorous love story of 7 young men and women, which also depicts the lives of young generation .
karin (ena koshino) and maki (kiki sugino) visited the chigasaki kan to attend the wedding of the eldest daughter of chigasaki kan, who is also their old colleague .
we also mentioned that chigasaki story is set in the beautiful 115 - year - old chigasaki inn near shonan beach, the actual retreat where ozu wrote some of his greatest works, including late spring (1949), early summer (1951) and the masterpiece tokyo story (1953). and we highlighted the director’s use of frames - within - frames and “pillow shot” interludes eliding time, favorite ozu devices .
born in 1987, takuya misawa studies at the japanese film institue. he worked on the production of koji fukada’s film hotori no sakuko. chigasaki story, his first film, was presented at the rotterdam festival in 2015 .
we are from chigasaki, the sister city of honolulu. chigasaki is blessed with rich nature and people who live in chigasaki can enjoy the customs and cultures that are similar to the ones in honolulu, such as surfing and hula. we would like to deepen our friendship with honolulu and keep exchanging cultures for our children of the future .
after premiering at the 2014 singapore international film festival, and acclaimed screenings at festivals in rotterdam, beijing and helsinki, first - time filmmaker takuya misawa’s chigasaki story finally hits tokyo theaters — and just in time to cure our late - summer blahs .
the city of honolulu and chigasaki city signed a sister - city agreement 2 years ago. some may wonder why ?
the scenery, atmosphere and human empathy of chigasaki city was surely depicted on the silver screen which reminded of hawaii .
we are from chigasaki (japan), the sister city of honolulu. chigasaki is blessed with rich nature and people who live in chigasaki can enjoy the customs and cultures that are similar to the ones in honolulu, such as surfing and hula. we would like to deepen our friendship with honolulu and keep exchanging cultures for our children of the future .
her real name was not chiharu chigasaki, but sakura honjou. sakura was the only daughter of the obscenely rich honjou family .
that' s what i call a plot twist
agreed, shirase. rather, that' s what i call inconceivable story telling. urltoken
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him. riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you. …
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
scripted and directed by first - timer takuya misawa, a chigasaki native who worked as an assistant on two films directed by frequent wa entertainment collaborator sugino, “chigasaki story” is more than the sum of its winking gags. in everything from the setting — an old - fashioned inn used by yasujiro ozu to script eight of his films — to the erotic tensions roiling beneath the smiling surface, the film aims more for actuality than frothy romcom artifice .
the baby, so he decided to raise her as his daughter instead. that' s how sakura honjou became the chiharu chigasaki we know .
it is opportunity when we can confirm plural nursery centers in chigasaki - shi at a time! resumes are free to do unnecessary, clothes and are free to do entrance and exit. you come casually, and please know nursery center of chigasaki - shi! we look forward to participation .
kouji chigasaki heard the news about that and realized he would get no honjou money in this state. it would be dangerous to try to return +
after what will surely be a successful theatrical run for chigasaki story, misawa’s next milestone will be film school graduation next spring, but he is already working on several new scripts. it’s not often that a first feature feels like a mid - career high mark, and we can’t wait to see what he directs next .
yasujiro ozu gets both an homage and an update in “chigasaki story, ” a delightful film that combines breezily effervescent comedy with more poignant notes. it is a remarkable debut feature by the young director takuya misawa, as well as the latest in an impressive line of modestly budgeted – but far more than modestly talented – independent films shepherded by actress - producer kiki sugino, who also delivers a fine performance in this film. (“chigasaki story, ” interestingly, has quite a bit in common with “au revoir l’été, ” another recent, and quite lovely, film sugino also produced and starred in, which also covers a vacation sojourn in picturesque surroundings. )
itaru chigasaki (everyones fave for some reason? ?) i love him he has such nice hair and a voice thats really suitable for his character .
however, when sakura was 6 months old, she was kidnapped by kouji chigasaki. her real father, kei honjou, rushed to the ransom delivery +
this is chigasaki city of kanagawa prefecture, which became a sister city of honolulu since october, 2014. honolulu and chigasaki have similar climate and cultures such as great nature, surfing and hula. we would like to deepen our relationship with honolulu city and pass down this great relationship to our future generations .
the film’s production company, wa entertainment, has now made another rohmer - esque ensemble drama, “san - paku yokka go - ji no kane” (“chigasaki story”), but as indicated in the japanese title — which translates roughly as “three nights, four days, five o’clock bell”) — one more in tune with local realities .
the mayor hattori explained “chigasaki city used to be an agricultural and fishing village where there were only a few residences. however, the temperament and the atmosphere of the city have been embraced to warmly welcoming the stranger, which is similar to honolulu. the director takuya misawa successfully depicted the attractiveness of chigasaki city” .
the actress and director both love the genre, but as they told indiewire, they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
after playing at major film festivals around the globe for the past 10 months, scooping up the best screenplay award in the future forward section of the beijing film festival, and earning accolades for being such a congenial homage to yasujiro ozu, chigasaki story finally arrived at fccj for a sneak preview ahead of its theatrical debut in tokyo over the weekend .
with an obvious respect for its lineage, “chigasaki story” may tilt into overly self - conscious territory, but it’s refreshing to see a post - modern, self - referential film that is highly aware of film history. it is definitely of a piece, with a consistent approach throughout. though not entirely successful, but just the attempt itself is impressive. [ b - ]
please connect with chigasaki - shi government office nursery section (0467 - 82 - 1111). tell the staff about attendance seat of full name, part 1 and part 2 .
so there were some surprises in store during the q & a session after the screening, when first - time feature director takuya misawa was asked whether he’d planned to pay homage to the classic master from the beginning. “we didn’t actually set out to make a story about the chigasaki inn, ” he admitted. “that only came about later in the production process. the original script stipulated ‘an inn’ for the location, and it wasn’t until we went location hunting and found the chigasaki inn, which luckily gave us the okay to shoot, that we made changes to the script so it was set there. ”
for the kids in the audience, a movie like this will work because it tells a fun story, contains a lot of humor, and is exciting to watch. older viewers may be even more absorbed, because
toy story ,
the first feature made entirely by computer, achieves a three - dimensional reality and freedom of movement that is liberating and new. the more you know about how the movie was made, the more you respect it .
director takuya misawa is clearly a cinephile, and his directorial debut, “ chigasaki story, ” was a fine selection to follow the tribute to japanese cinema at the marrakech film festival, as the film’s title is a direct reference to the legendary yasujiro ozu’s “ tokyo story. ” there is even direct reference to the auteur, as the seaside resort where the film takes place is described as the location where ozu would hole up to do his writing. and because it takes place in a hotel, it’s impossible to not draw comparison to renoir’s “ la règle du jeu, ” and the associations don’t stop at the location: the film is rife with make ups, break ups, miscommunications and misunderstandings among the denizens .
“ chigasaki story ” strives to achieve a sort of arch, quirky tone, somewhere between wes anderson and woody allen, but it comes off as rather stiff and awkward (for example, maki’s drunken face - plant in the sand or tomoharu’s stiff posture and tendency to sprint from place to place). elements like little dramas play out over ping pong games shot in unbroken lateral wide shots, and reactions performed in a hyper - stylized way lend to the stilted feel of the piece .
anyways thats it to this blog and i do hope you get this game because the story and cg' s are very neat. maybe one day there will be an anime for it like idolish7:') (doubt it but hey theres always hope! )
as indicated by the film’s japanese title, their holiday is typically brief. even so, much transpires in the course of their four - day break, which is marked with the daily 5 p. m. blaring of the folk song “aka tombo” (“red dragonfly”) from a loudspeaker. but as the film’s romantic roundelay unfolded, accompanied by comic bits and catchy old - time jazz, i began to think “chigasaki story” was channeling not only rohmer, but also woody allen in his lighter moods .
the film was directed by takuya misawa, who is a rookie film director that hopes to spread the words about chigasaki city in which he chose chigasakikan as his filming location. his love for the city is apparent throughout his work .
chigasaki is one of honolulu’s sister cities, where its stunning nature, hula and surf culture have a lot in common with honolulu. we would like to foster our friendship with honolulu, and engage in cultural exchange for future generations .
“chigasaki story” also benefits greatly from its excellent cast, beginning with sugino, who wonderfully conveys how maki’s initially stiff, uptight - seeming demeanor masks a deep passion and yearning awakened by an unexpected visitor from her past. koshino, as maki’s coworker karin, also impresses as the sassy, flirtatious counterpart – and often antagonist – to maki. nakazaki and fukushima also beautifully play their quiet and shy characters, whose fraught yet largely unspoken relationship is but one of the wonderfully rendered narrative strands of this lovely film .
a japanese seaside resort at the end of august. a class of archaeology students lands in a youth hostel. the tall and shy tomoharu, a devoted seasonal worker, is put in charge of taking care of the group and guiding them to the local sites. if his classmate, the sweet ayako, has fallen for him and his diligent heart, his own heart seems to favour karin, a trendy and brazen woman who has come to the hostel with her colleague, the elegant maki, to celebrate a bachelorette party. filmed in the house where yasujiro ozu wrote tokyo story and late spring, chigasaki story weaves a delicate and colourful narrative filled with love games, the complex combinations of which allow the characters to be progressively revealed to themselves and to each other. (mathieu macheret )
director misawa, who also penned the excellent screenplay that subtly maps out the intricate web of relations between the characters, and which beautifully conveys the lives they lead beyond the span of the brief time period the film covers, has created far more than a slavish homage to ozu. “chigasaki story” possesses unique charms all its own, taking full advantage of the visual beauty of its resort setting – kudos to the evocative work by cinematographer shogo ueno – that forms a vibrant backdrop to the compelling comedy and drama on display .
that it does, though in contrast to the many local movies that regard women as passive objects of male desire, the sexual initiative in “chigasaki story” belongs almost solely to its female principals. and though its romantic conflicts initially unfold through significant glances and silent gestures, when emotions erupt, it’s always a woman doing the dishing out. this, i think, is less a feminist statement than the simple truth of how the sexual game is often played here, especially when the quarry is a shy, inexperienced boy or a guy seemingly oblivious to everything but work .
the mayor hattori took a picture with the city’s mascot called “eboshimaro”. the hat of the mascot representing the chinaman’s hat in hawaii. also, there is a rock that is similar to the chinaman’s hat called “eboshi - iwa” in chigasaki city which is another interesting coincidence .
the closest station to mokichi foods garden is jr chigasaki that is located on the tokaido line and also the sagami line, though that is a local country line through the countryside with one or two trains an hour. it’s about a ten minute walk from the north exit .
workmates karin (ena koshino) and maki (kiki sugino) have come to the beach resort of chigasaki, kanagawa prefecture, to attend the wedding party of risa (natsuko hori), a former colleague who is now helping run her family’s 115 - year - old inn .
tomoharu (haya nakazaki) works at a traditional japanese inn (chigasaki). he works with karin (ena koshino) and maki (kiki sugino). risa (natsuko hori), the daughter of the inn' s owner, is set to have a wedding in 3 days .
set in the 115 - year - old chigasaki inn near shonan beach — the actual retreat where ozu wrote some of his greatest works, including “late spring” (1949), “early summer” (1951) and the masterpiece “tokyo story” (1953) — the story begins with the innkeeper, risa (natsuko hori), who is hosting a group of archaeology students led by prof. kondo (satoshi nikaido), and awaiting the arrival of her former airline colleagues karin (ena koshino) and maki (a deliciously unpleasant sugino). they’re coming to attend risa’s wedding party, which is being held several weeks after the actual ceremony in hawaii (another ozu touch: an offscreen wedding). risa’s staff includes the shy student tomoharu (haya nakazaki), who immediately attracts the attentions of the flirty, long - legged karin. tomoharu is also the object of fellow student ayako’s (juri fukushima) secret affections, and he ping - pongs between the two women without noticing their increasing jealousy .
the next day, maki finally released her anger on karin, because of her continuous selfishness. however, running in to kondo (satoshi nikaido), the professor leading the seminar lodging trip to chigasaki kan, blew off the irritation instantly. kondo was the teacher who maki liked during her school days .
this power of the past emerges as a major theme of “chigasaki story. ” past events that have occurred offscreen very much inform the action that unfolds within the film’s three - day time span, bracketed by the wedding of risa (natsuko hori) – the chigasaki inn owner’s daughter – and the wedding party that awaits the arrival of risa’s newlywed husband’s return from hawaii, where the wedding took place. the past also figures prominently in the profession of archaeology, the practice of which we witness during the film. the other guests at the inn include a group of archaeology students on a field trip to chigasaki, where they are on an expedition to gather shards of earthenware, which they will attempt to mend together to reconstruct the pottery which constituted their original forms. three of the film’s major characters are connected to archaeology: tomoharu, who is part of the archaeology class in addition to his duties as inn caretaker, as well as his classmate ayako (juri fukushima), who silently admires him but can’t quite bring herself to be fully open about her feelings for him. maki also studied archaeology in college, a fact that will figure in a major plot strand that emerges later in the film, during which she will attempt to reconstruct her past emotionally, just as the archaeology students try to reconstruct the physical objects that they’ve excavated .
traditionally, the sister cities of honolulu were been selected upon historical ties to hawaii. despite of it, chigasaki city was chosen because it shares mutual cultural values, which we hope for the audience to see on the screen. the present mayor of honolulu also agreed and said that the shared cultures and values are the reason behind the signed agreement .
seeing
toy story ,
i felt some of the same exhilaration i felt during
who framed roger rabbit .
both movies take apart the universe of cinematic visuals, and put it back together again, allowing us to see in a new way .
toy story
is not as inventive in its plotting or as clever in its wit as
rabbit
or such disney animated films as
beauty and the beast
; it' s pretty much a buddy movie transplanted to new terrain. its best pleasures are for the eyes. but what pleasures they are! watching the film, i felt i was in at the dawn of a new era of movie animation, which draws on the best of cartoons and reality, creating a world somewhere in between, where space not only bends but snaps, crackles and pops .
mokichi foods garden (not to be confused with mokichi trattoria in kagawa, or mokichi craft beer in fujisawa - though if you did it wouldn’t be the end of the world) can be found in chigasaki, kanagawa - just one stop on the train if you’re me, or 30 minutes from yokohama on the tokaido line if you’re not me (and most of you aren’t) .
the film’s considerable debt to ozu in both its cinematic style and setting is made explicit in an early scene in which tomoharu (haya nakazaki), a caretaker at an inn in the seaside town of chigasaki, where the film takes place, tells two of the inn’s guests – co - workers maki (kiki sugino) and karin (ena koshino) – about the history of the inn. tomoharu tells them that they are staying in the same room where ozu wrote some of his classic films such as “tokyo story” (which this film directly evokes with its english title). in fact, there are still marks on the ceiling left by the oil burner ozu used in the room. this detail symbolizes the fact that this inn and its surroundings exist in an environment where the past is very much tied to, and exerts great influence on, the present .
mankai company haven' t been paying the money they owe to the yakuza (criminal organization - similar to a mafia) which have payed for them when they didn' t get any income. due to the company not being able to pay off the yakuza, they are being threaten to bulldoze the whole building. izumi tachibana the heroine of the whole story was received a letter and thought it had something to do with her father. she makes her way to the theater to help it out hoping to receive answers when becoming it' s director .
misawa takuya is a young filmmaker (1987) who hasn’t even yet graduated from the japan institute of the moving image, but his film breathes nostalgia for the history of cinema. in chigasaki story, so much colour has been bled from the image that the film could be remembered as black - and - white, even though it wasn’t shot in black - and - white. the film has an extremely light touch and doesn’t stick to a single predominant narrative line. during a weekend, students and lecturers come together for a wedding. this takes place in chigasakikan hotel, where the film master ozu yasujiro retired to write his screenplays. it’s not that the director simply follows on from ozu; he also seems to have taken a good look at playful french classics. repressed and occasionally open irritations and infatuations, old and new, flare up between the various characters in the hotel. kiki sugino, who was in the tiger awards jury at the festival last year, produced the film and plays a minor role as a teacher .
toy story
creates a universe out of a couple of kid' s bedrooms, a gas station, and a stretch of suburban highway. its heroes are toys, which come to life when nobody is watching. its conflict is between an old - fashioned cowboy who has always been a little boy' s favorite toy, and the new space ranger who may replace him. the villain is the mean kid next door who takes toys apart and puts them back together again in macabre combinations. and the result is a visionary roller - coaster ride of a movie .
forma directed by the kumamoto born ayumi sakamoto, forma took 6 years to complete. screened at the national museum of singapore, the film tells the story of ayako who coincidentally bumps into her former classmate yukari and offers her a job. accepting ayako’s offer, yukari finds herself reporting to her former classmate who soon makes her life utterly miserable. the film’s skilfully constructed plotline is expertly weaved through the characters and their dialogue. packed with tension, ayumi sakamoto rewards the audience with an unforgettable movie and keeps us hanging on with her plot and unexpected surprise in the middle of the film .
mokichi foods garden is a great, noisy, family - friendly (and smoke - free) place to go and have a load of lovely shonan beer and pizzas. it’s not for the softly - spoken or people who want to be able to hear the yeast farting in the back room, but it is a fun dining and boozing experience in a unique building that is a curious mix of old showa style and postmodern hipstery portland aesthetic (but without the irony or pretension). this place is a definite recommendation from beertengoku, and can be formed up voltron - style with gold’n bub and beer cafe hopman for a chigasaki beer crawl .
after an audience member praised him for the film’s dialogue, misawa admitted that he’s always eavesdropping on conversations in family restaurants, since they’re a good source of chit - chat, and he paid tribute to the improvisatory skills of his actors, hinting that several of the scenes were heavily ad libbed. as for the catchy score, he explained: “the music came about during post - production. i did try matching the visuals with classical music, but i ultimately chose to use jazz, which woody allen does. he uses ragtime, which arrived early in jazz history. it came on the scene around the time that the chigasaki inn started business, and i thought that was relevant, as well. ”
yes, this almost turned into another joe gets lost story. almost, but not quite. why does this massive building have such poor access? i’ll tell you. mokichi foods garden is located in a former barley mill, which started operation before the second world war. as most buildings in japan either aren’t built to last, or end up getting destroyed by natural disaster or the war, there are very few buildings standing that are more than fifty or sixty years old in this area. most of the area around the restaurant building has been alternatively concreted, car parked or apartmented. as a result, what once was probably a direct road from station to mill has been jigsawed into a jumble of backroads and houses. i also think the barley mill might be the oldest building in the area (mokichi trattoria is similarly located in a 450 - year old former residence - i love that kumazawa brewing has an aesthetic that they’re adhering to) .
risa (natsuko hori) has taken up temporary residence in the casual inn in order to prep for her wedding celebration (the groom is en route). her work pals karin (ena koshino) and maki (kiki sugino) arrive in short order, the two complete opposites (karin is ditzy and sexy, while maki is tightly wound). also at the hotel are a group of students on a research trip, and hapless, nerdy worker tomoharu (haya nakazaki), whose head is set spinning by the attentions of the various ladies .
of course, relationships quickly crack under the tension of being under one roof, with the trio of friends competing for various attentions and becoming annoyed with one another, and tomoharu torn between an admiring student and the flirtations of karin. to add to the complications, the teacher leading the research trip has a history with maki, and possibly something going on with the newlywed .
unfortunately, due to the tone and performance style, and because most of the characters aren’t very likable, there’s no investment in any one journey, and therefore the film falls flat. perhaps it’s lost in translation, but the jokes miss too, and it never executes the quirky rom - com vibe it goes for. though it ends up sweet, the lead up is sour .
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soon after she arrives, the free - spirited karin casually sets out to seduce tomoharu (haya nakazaki), a college boy working at the inn. the older, more conservative maki sternly disapproves of this flirting, and flies into a rage when karin impulsively goes for a walk with an unwitting tomoharu instead of meeting for a planned visit to a local aquarium. but after maki runs into her former archaeology teacher (satoshi nikaido), she signals an interest in this ruggedly handsome guy that goes beyond reliving her now distant college days .
another complication arrives in the form of ayako (juri fukushima), a sweet - tempered student who has a crush on classmate tomoharu and is quietly upset by karin’s transparent (at least to her eyes) designs .
then there is kota (shuntaro yanagi), risa’s gangly surfer brother, who can look beyond social niceties to inner realities, and risa herself, who seems happy as a new wife and innkeeper but shows signs of envying karin and maki’s freedom. and her foreign husband is nowhere in sight. as the old johnny mercer song says, something’s gotta give .
proactive does not always mean attractive in the film’s beachside bubble: voices are loudly raised and feelings brutally hurt. for all its ozu associations, the film has melodramatic moments that ozu himself would have scripted out .
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as soon as they arrived, free - spirited karin trifled with tomoharu (haya nakazaki), the university student who works as a part timer. but serious maki reproved her behavior. karin and maki’s relationship were incompatible by nature .
ayako (juri fukushima), the university student who secretly loves tomoharu, and risa’s younger brother kota (shuntaro yanagi), joining in the group gradually began to complexly entangle the emotion of the characters .
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the only actor that was there at first was sakuya sakuma who just joined the theater a day before. izumi tachibana wants to make a strike back on making the company a success by having to scout 4 more boys to make a troupe. when all 5 come together to form the spring troupe, they do there best to perform a play called romeo and julius. there are three other troupes in the whole game that come together inspired .
there is a rival theater called the god座 they hold hatred towards the theater but even more hatred towards tachibanas father. the more you read the storyline the more interesting it is .
this game reminds me of ensemble stars. you can literally love all the characters. they' re all so great. i have a hard time loving just one person that i have to have three faves; v ;
out of all the troupes spring troupe is my personal fave. it holds a group of characters that have really different personalities. theres a worrywart, sunshine boy, gloomy sun, gentlemen and another cryptic guy lmao. there really all so unique. my fave three though has to be
now as much as i want to continue talking bout those guys i will include that this game isn' t just some actors / idol game if it didnt concern itself with some otome. otome is a important topic i have to include in this cause it is what brought me towards this game haha .
as seen in the dialog above. masumi here wants to take it slow t ^ t
as a matter a fact it has alot more otome kinda gameplay then idolish7. the heroine has a very important role in the plot .
my favorite thing about it concerning itself with the heroine more is theres a ton of fanart with tachibana in it. and when i say a ton i mean a ton. :') )): heart: as much as i love idolish7 there just isn' t enough art with the heroine in it: /
the cg' s are very nice to look at. for example seeing these dorks having fun and teasing each other. it is the legit cutest thing. vvvvv
the platform to the game is also pretty easy to handle but i am still confused on what to do every so often, just like every character collection game though. getting those ssr' s is the best feeling: two _ hearts: : ok _ hand: 🏻
i love this game really much! ~ and when they are chibi' s with cute voice especially the joker or whatever he is .
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this was not supposed to happen. why? why? why? why? why? why? why? why? why? why? why? it can' t be. hime - sama should never be able to lose .
on the plus side, hime' s not bad to watch at all. urltoken
also, i' m now agreeing with the characters. the executions are just cg. urltoken
i decided to listen to hime' s song today as mourning and the youtube comments were all spamming
闇は深い
( the darkness is deep) .
normally that would get me hyped for her backstory, but i can' t take that line seriously because it reminds me too much of
動機は深い
.
動機は深い
means
motives are deep
, or as the localization put it ,
motives are complex
.
challenge 4 is something completely different. after a little bit of exploration, we would have a popularity vote .
at first i was worried, but then i looked at my fan count and realized i' m basically invincible. urltoken
surprisingly enough, ren voted for me. (i know it was her because rito hates my guts). urltoken
but it turns out the challenge was not over after ren' s execution. there was another voting round, but the opposite of the first .
we had to vote for who want to lose. luckily shirase is still here and still loves me. rito' s loss was a given .
as much as i dislike as i dislike rito, i got admit her execution was really good. i wasn' t expecting this kind of emotional death .
down to her last moments, all she could think of was about her love for ayaka. urltoken
then he starts than about her secret past, that even she didn' t know about. turns out chiharu' s backstory makes no sense at all .
without even calling the police, but he died in a car accident halfway through and couldn' t deliver the ransom money .
now here' s the part that doesn' t make sense: chiharu lived a perfectly happy and healthy live with a loving family. exactly, her kidnappers .
shirase feels kinda chuuni with all her talk about being reborn and revenge. her route sounds fun. urltoken
doripaku shows the corpse bags to prove that all death lives were in fact real. how does our heroic protagonist chiharu will react ?
remember in danganronpa, where no wants things to go monokuma' s way? that resistance is simply non - existent here .
i performed horribly, but my fan count was so high that shirase didn' t stand a chance anyway. urltoken
after shirase' s execution, doripaku congratulates me for becoming his perfect complete idol who overcomes any and every despair. urltoken
chiharu hears the police sirens, making her realize everything doripaku said was real. she also has to ask her parents about her kidnapping .
of course they wouldn' t reveal the mastermind' s identity in the first route, but was expecting at least a cliffhanger twist for the climax .
well, that was it for chiharu' s route. as we have 6 girls left, when i get home i' ll roll my die to choose the next one .
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sanpaku yokka goji no kane 3泊4日、5時の鐘 directed by takuya misawa (三澤拓哉) japanese with english subtitles | 89 mins venue: k' s cinema shinjuku | sept. 19 - 25, 2015: 21: 00, sept. 26 - oct. 16: 18: 00 trailer: sanpaku yokka goji no kane official website: urltoken tariff: general: ￥1, 800, student: ￥1, 400, senior: ￥1, 200, h. s. student: ￥800, junior high student and under: ￥500 advance tickets: ￥1, 300
this remarkable debut is an avowed tribute to japanese master yasujiro ozu, from its setting in a small seaside town, to its visual homages (trains coming and going, frames - within - frames and “pillow shot” interludes eliding time), its deceptively complex narrative of friends old and new, and its bouncy score (which also recalls woody allen). an effervescent comedy of manners, misawa’s tale is infused with light, bright sentiments and mellow - drama, anchored by a charming young cast. that cast is led by indie queen kiki sugino, who also executive produced .
also jealous is the uptight maki, who finds her younger colleague’s behavior inexcusable and decides to retaliate by going after kondo, with whom she had studied eight years earlier. but the professor has someone else in mind, and all these petty feuds and flirtations finally erupt on the eve of risa’s hawaiian - themed wedding party, with some surprises in store .
it’s not often that a first feature feels like a mid - career high mark, and we can’t wait to see what misawa directs next .
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whimsical film in which students and teachers come together during a weekend for a wedding. the film flutters back and forth between the various characters and their feelings until the wedding starts. shot in the old beach hotel where the great ozu wrote his screenplays .
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the producer and director share one of many laughs during the q & a session .
our announcement had trumpeted: “there’s nothing like an effervescent comedy of manners to cure the late - summer blahs… inspired both visually and musically by yasujiro ozu (with a little woody allen thrown in), the tale is infused with light, bright sentiments and low - key mellow - drama, anchored by a charming young cast. ”
misawa had assisted sugino on two prior films, the extent of his apprenticeship before taking the directorial reigns himself .
then came the kicker: “i wasn’t necessarily trying to pay homage to ozu while we were shooting. but during the editing process, i started feeling that it seemed a bit like an ozu film. so i made some changes to certain scenes to improve [ the similarities ], but without deconstructing what i set out to do. some of the ‘pillow’ scenic shots were filmed during post - production. ”
a young japanese man in the audience noted that he found the film to be more like an eric rohmer or a woody allen work, and misawa was pleased: “one of my favorite directors is woody allen, especially the way his characters aren’t quite what they seem. ”
as critic derek elley earlier noted, “this type of film is much more difficult to pull off than it seems, but misawa shows a remarkable assurance in both writing and direction, helped by an expertly picked cast. ” he was also helped by wa entertainment, a boutique production - distribution company that hired him as an intern in 2012. he served as sugino’s producing assistant on the koji fukada comedy au revoir l’ete (which we screened at fccj in january 2014), and then served as her assistant director when she made her indonesia - set film taksu last year.
chigasaki story ( ３泊４日 、 ５時の鐘 3-paku 4-ka 5-ji no kane ) is a 2014 japanese romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by takuya misawa . haya nakazaki , ena koshino , kiki sugino , natusko hori , and juri fukushima star as guests whose lives intersect at a resort in chigasaki , kanagawa . 
chigasaki story (３泊４日 、 ５時の鐘 3-paku 4-ka 5-ji no kane) is a 2014 japanese romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by takuya misawa. haya nakazaki, ena koshino, kiki sugino, natusko hori, and juri fukushima star as guests whose lives intersect at a resort in chigasaki, kanagawa.
chigasaki story (３泊４日 、 ５時の鐘 3-paku 4-ka 5-ji no kane) is a 2014 japanese romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by takuya misawa. haya nakazaki, ena koshino, kiki sugino, natusko hori, and juri fukushima star as guests whose lives intersect at a resort in chigasaki, kanagawa.