#KeiIshikawa 's #English and #Japanese language drama adaption of #KazuoIshiguro 's 1982 novel #APaleViewOfHills / #遠い山なみの光 - starring #SuzuHirose, #FumiNikaido, #YōYoshida and #CamillaAiko - is first of two at #HOMEmcr this evening
Director Kei Ishikawa brings the Nobel Prize-winning author’s novel to the screen as a haunting meditation on memory, loss and elusive truths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/04/film/a-pale-view-of-hills/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #suzuhirose #keiishikawa #kazuoishiguro #yoyoshida #fuminikaido
‘A Pale View of Hills’: A chilling, borderless adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel

Kei Ishikawa turns the Nobel Prize-winning author’s novel into a haunting meditation on memory, loss and elusive truths.

The Japan Times
After The Rain review

If you want to read my review of After the Rain, read this post. In 恋は雨上がりのように, Akira Tachibana is a former youth athlete who has fallen in love with her work manager, Masami Kondo, a divorced man who is old enough to be her father.

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My broken Mariko review

If you want to read my review of My broken Mariko, read this post. Tomoyo Shiino is Ikagawa Mariko's best friend and supported her through years of abuse, abandonment and depression. Their friendship is the only constant thing in their lives. Now, with the news of Mariko's suicide, Shiino is determined to steal and throw Mariko's ashes into the sea in a desperate attempt to save her friend's soul.

Japanese movies me
After The Rain review

If you want to read my review of After the Rain, read this post. In 恋は雨上がりのように, Akira Tachibana is a former youth athlete who has fallen in love with her work manager, Masami Kondo, a divorced man who is old enough to be her father.

Japanese movies me
My broken Mariko review

If you want to read my review of My broken Mariko, read this post. Tomoyo Shiino is Ikagawa Mariko's best friend and supported her through years of abuse, abandonment and depression. Their friendship is the only constant thing in their lives. Now, with the news of Mariko's suicide, Shiino is determined to steal and throw Mariko's ashes into the sea in a desperate attempt to save her friend's soul.

Japanese movies me

Just made this review of After The Rain with #NanaKomatsu #YoOizumi #HayatoIsomura #MariHamada #YoYoshida and #YukiTayama

This Japanese movie was one of the most mature shoujo I've watched, considering the characteristic of the genre.

https://japanesemoviesme.com/after-the-rain-review/

After The Rain review

If you want to read my review of After the Rain, read this post. In 恋は雨上がりのように, Akira Tachibana is a former youth athlete who has fallen in love with her work manager, Masami Kondo, a divorced man who is old enough to be her father.

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