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For the second movie, I chose to watch “HIKAWA MARU-氷川丸ものがたり -”. It was a Sunday afternoon show and the theater was fully packed with people hoping to see this Japanese anime movie. HIKAWA MARU ”氷川丸ものがたり“ the Japanese original title of this film “HIKAWA MARU” is a Japanese animation movie that is directed by Shunji Oga. Shunji Oga is the most remarkable Japanese animation movie director in the world. The movie came out last summer in Japan and had good reviews. I usually do not watch anime movies and I am not a fan of anime, but it was quite different from other movies and I was really excited to watch this movie.
The main character 13 years old young boy Jiro Hirayama has lost his mother Great Kanto Earthquake and was helping noodle vendor that runs by his father. One day, Jiro decide to work as one of the crews on ocean liner Hikawa maru. Jiro was able to find the position at cook room. Through Jiro’s perspective, film shows 85yers long history of the Hikawa maru. The movie has four different time periods in the story. The first story setting was before the World War Two happens. Hikawa maru was in the service between Yokohama and Seattle as passenger ship. The second story is after the war started. Hikawa Maru was running as a hospital ship. The third story setting was after the war and ship run as cargo and passenger ship. I was really impressed by the theme of this movie, which is a sense of peace. Throughout the story, the movie is showing memory of the war, the appeal of the ocean, preciousness of peace, severity of the jobs on the ship to the audiences. I recommend you to watch this movie when you have a chance. I chose a Japanese movie that is called “Twisted Justice ” for the my first day of the Hawaii International Film festival that was Saturday November 12. Twisted Justice(the original title is 日本で一番悪い奴ら–Nihonde ichiban warui yatsura) is a Japanese crime comedy drama movie, that was directed by Kazuya Shiraishi and written by Junya Ikegami. The story is set in Hokkaido, Susukino that is most northern and second largest island of Japan. Everything is based on the real story that is biggest scandal in history of Japanese Police department.
The main character Yoichi Morohosi is hired by Hokkaido Police department as a detective based on his strength and experiences of Judo skills that he trained during his college days. Even though he has huge sense of justice, he had been having hard time at work. One day, Yoichi was told good advice of the police business from his not only the colleague but also one of the best detectives Murai. The advice changed Yoichi’s game. He started belong with underground world and use them as spy. Just following all advice and trying to eradicate them by the below standard way of investigation. This movie came out about five months earlier in Japan and already had some good reviews. Even though the story is Japanese, it was hard to predict what would happen, but I can tell you the reasons why this movie has good reviews. My favorite thing about this movie is how the director expresses true story in the movie. I recommend you to watch this movie when you have a chance. |
KaitoBorn and reased in Tokyo Japan. 23 years old. I surf, take pics, and shape surf board. アーカイブズ
December 2016
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