A couple flees Tokyo, their family and friends. The girlfriend is a member of a rock band. She is dating the man, but friends and family are against it compelling her to move away. They stay at an inn in an area in which they know no one. One inn employee finds out about their dilemma and introduces them to a local farmer who offers them work and a home.
Kōichi Saitō
Director
Yuki Yoshinaga
Shinji Ishikawa
Anri Oonuki
Tomomi Mizusawa
Chieko Matsubara
Misa Uehara
Takashi Shikauchi
Fumio Sahaku
Yôichi Okamura
Keisuke Moriyama
Shū Ehara
Shinpei Sugano
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Shukichi Nishida
Tomoo Sugai
Atsurou Shimizu
Yōko Asaji
Atsuro's wife
Edo Yamaguchi
Innkeeper
Guts Ishimatsu
Ishida
So with the recent (rightful) public apologies to Britney from comedians and media for trashing her image in the 2000s, perhaps some people should also give Crossroads the fair chance it deserves. It won't be everyone's cup of tea, and that is fine. Personally, I will take my girl Britney and her movie, over the next testosterone "Dude Flick" any day.
What seems like such a simple story of survival is so much more than that—it’s a story of family, and of war, and of destruction. It’s painful to watch, but not in a bad way. It makes its audience reflect on their own actions, and in how they are complicit in the sufferings of others as the adults in this film are. Grave of the Fireflies does not hold back from being heartbreaking, and it shouldn’t. It tells a message that needs to be heard decades after the war, and a story that cannot be forgotten by history.
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.
How closely does an actor need to resemble a character or historical figure in order to portray them on the Silver Screen? Seems to depend on color.
A man struggling with the death of his son agrees to coach his former high school basketball team.
Suppressed intergenerational family trauma and healing, warm welcome to the Marvel Cinematic Universe team, and Awkwafina's humor really make this film the real MVP.