I watched Hirokazu Koreeda's "Our Little Sister". Yes, this movie can be watched from various points of view. For example, this movie contains various scenes of Japan's decline (this movie shows the people who have to live their life poorl…

I've watched Yasujiro Ozu's movie "The End of Summer". Japanese original title should become "The Autumn of Kobayakawa family" if I translate. Then, I want to see why Yasujiro Ozu likes "autumn"? "Autumn" is, as you know, the season we can…

I've watched Hong Sang-soo's movie "The Day After". When I heard this title which is translated into Japanese, I remembered Souseki Natsume's novel. Exactly, Souseki's name is used in this movie so I think probably Hong Sang-soo has read S…

I've watched Milos Forman's movie "Man On The Moon". It might be the fourth time I've watched this. The first time, I couldn't enjoy this even the staff use the R.E.M.'s song (which is my favorite). But little by little I've got used to en…

I've watched Hong Sang-soo's movie "On the Beach at Night Alone". We Japanese use the word "menhera". This word describes someone who has a mental illness. I don't want to use this word because it sometimes sounds harmful (although, this w…

I've watched Theodore Melfi's movie "The Starling". I like Theodore Melfi's movies because they are stylish and remain something in my mind. It might be because this director makes movies as "being alive and kicking". Every character is al…

I've watched Yuichi Sato's movie "Kisaragi". I was reminded of Tarantino's early masterpiece "Reservoir Dogs" by this movie. They are similar. The first point is that they wear suits (in "Kisaragi", they try to wear black suits for mournin…