| [filmlover-l] Movie this week: Kiseki (I
Wish) |
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
12:03:55 AM |
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tbco@mtu.edu |
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filmlover-l@mtu.edu |
Hello everyone,
We are back this week. We are showing a Japanese movie, "Kiseki
(I Wish)" directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. (more details below).
Please feel free to pass the message around and invite
your friends. Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Tom Co
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Title: Kiseki ( I Wish )
Date and Time: January 18, Wednesday, 6:30-9:00pm
Place: 308 Cooper Ave, Hancock
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Partial List of Actors:
Koki Maeda
Ohshirô Maeda
Ryôga Hayashi
Cara Uchida
Kanna Hashimoto
Rento Isobe
Hoshinosuke Yoshinaga
US Rating: not rated (I think PG)
Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)
Length: 155 mins
Media: DVD, color
Summary: (by MARK SCHILLING, the Japan Times)
"Two brothers — sixth-grader Koichi (Koki Maeda) and
fourth-grader Ryunosuke (Oshiro Maeda) — both live in
Kyushu, but are separated by their parent's divorce. Koichi
lives grumpily with his working mom (Nene Otsuka),
Japanese-sweets-making grandfather (Isao Hashizume) and
hula-dance-loving grandmother (Kirin Kiki) in Kagoshima.
He doesn't much care for the gritty ash from the nearby
volcano or even the blandish sweets that granddad turns
out. In fact, he wishes the volcano would wipe the whole
place off the map — and that Mom and Dad could get back
together..."
My Comments:
A sweet movie about kids and kid logic. Acting was mostly
good. The director is known for movies like "Nobody knows",
"Maborosi" and "Afterlife". This movie is a bit more
mainstream,
but he avoids being over-sentimental.
