The Japan TimesNov 27
A scapegrace brother receives a tender farewell in Ryota Nakano’s surprisingly touching dramedy “Bring Him Down to a Portable Size.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/11/27/film/bring-him-down-to-a-portable-size/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #ryotanakano #joeodagiri #koshibasaki
‘Bring Him Down to a Portable Size’ mourns a lovable loser

In his latest film, Ryota Nakano blends comedy and loss in a story of uneasy yet tender reconciliation between family members after the death of a goodnatured rascal.

The Japan Times
The Japan TimesJul 3, 2025
How do you capture a feeling you can’t put into words? Director Shinya Tamada adapts "On Summer Sand" for film by filling the silences between scenes with heartbreak and slow healing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/01/film/shinya-tamada-on-summer-sand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #shinyatamada #joeodagiri
japanesemoviesmeMar 31, 2025

Just made this #WeMadeaBeautifulBouquet review with #KasumiArimura #kayaKiyohara #MasakiSuda #MoekaHoshi #JoeOdagiri #KotoneFurukawa #PORIN #KaoruKobayashi #MamoruOshii #RikuHagiwara #KumiTakiuchi #KantaSato #RyoSato and #HanaeKan

Hope you guys like it

https://japanesemoviesme.com/we-made-a-beautiful-bouquet-review/

We Made A Beautiful Bouquet review

If you want to read the review of We made a beautiful bouquet, also known as Loved like a flower bouquet, read this post. The film tells the bittersweet but realistic love story between a man and a woman, both 21 years old.

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japanesemoviesmeNov 13, 2024

Just made this #WeMadeaBeautifulBouquet review with #KasumiArimura #kayaKiyohara #MasakiSuda #MoekaHoshi #JoeOdagiri #KotoneFurukawa #PORIN #KaoruKobayashi #MamoruOshii #RikuHagiwara #KumiTakiuchi #KantaSato #RyoSato and #HanaeKan

Hope you guys like it

https://japanesemoviesme.com/we-made-a-beautiful-bouquet-review/

We Made A Beautiful Bouquet review

If you want to read the review of We made a beautiful bouquet, also known as Loved like a flower bouquet, read this post. The film tells the bittersweet but realistic love story between a man and a woman, both 21 years old.

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Hayley ScanlonDec 10, 2022

An aimless student finds himself wandering around Tokyo with a melancholy loanshark in Satoshi Miki's bittersweet comedy, Adrift in Tokyo. https://wp.me/p1x9li-hNZ

Out on blu-ray in the UK on 12th December courtesy of Third Window Films.

#JapaneseCinema #JapaneseFilm #Film #FilmReview #SatoshiMiki #JoeOdagiri

Adrift in Tokyo (転々, Satoshi Miki, 2007)

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