A Fun, but Bumpy, Road with “Onward"
While the film didn’t hit me as emotionally as I wanted it to, I still enjoyed it. I simply wish there was a little more, particularly with the world building.
From Tokyo
This film is a very short story about a former rescue worker returning from Tokyo – a man who is quite successful in his everyday life, and who, after hearing about another earthquake in Japan, dropped everything and went there to help. He is flying back home in an almost empty plane. Indeed, many regular flights have been canceled, and the ones that are still operated do not sell out. He is flying back with a very elderly Japanese man he had just saved – the man is now all alone in the world, his family had died. And the two men somehow clicked. Perhaps because our main character is also lonely. Also flying with them on the plane are those who are no longer here.Those who did not survive the disaster. Together with the characters, their past moves through space – their memories, their world. The world that is no less, but perhaps even more important for them than the reality.
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This film is a very short story about a former rescue worker returning from Tokyo – a man who is quite successful in his everyday life, and who, after hearing about another earthquake in Japan, dropped everything and went there to help. He is flying back home in an almost empty plane. Indeed, many regular flights have been canceled, and the ones that are still operated do not sell out. He is flying back with a very elderly Japanese man he had just saved – the man is now all alone in the world, his family had died. And the two men somehow clicked. Perhaps because our main character is also lonely. Also flying with them on the plane are those who are no longer here.Those who did not survive the disaster. Together with the characters, their past moves through space – their memories, their world. The world that is no less, but perhaps even more important for them than the reality.
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Genre:Drama
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Runtime:10 minutes
Studio:MetraFilms
Cast
Aleksei German Jr.
Director
Merab Ninidze
Rescuer
Kseniya Kutepova
Stewardess
Chulpan Khamatova
Rescuer's Wife
Oleg Dolin
Rescuer's Friend
Grigory Pak
Old Japanese
Oleg Grinchenko
Rescuer's Friend
Takeo Ishii
Japanese Family Member
Natsumi Ito
Japanese Family Member
Rieko Komukai
Japanese Family Member
Saki Uchiumi
Japanese Family Member
Tetsuaki Hirohaya
Japanese Family Member
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