Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Haru meet Tokio. Tokio is the grandson of Sachiko and they learn that Sachiko is now deceased. They find an open-reel tape from Sachiko's articles.
井之头恩赐公园, PARKS パークス, 파크, Паркове, 公園小情歌, 半世紀的情歌
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
JapanG
South KoreaALL
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
Quite cute, the dynamic between the characters is great and puts you in a good mood. And the song they plays with the guitar... I wish I knew what the title is. If you love the art of music, then this is your movie, it represents in a beautiful way the story of recreating the music that you loved.
Final Score : 78% 🍎
{please check out this edit: youtube link
since i’m a big fan of ai hashimoto and mei nagano, i was gushing and smiling for the entire film and made this edit with all my heart}
What are we without the places that surround us? This film is about one such place: released in 2017 on the 100th anniversary of the Inokashira Park in Tokyo.
Ai Hashimoto is a college student majoring in socio-cultural studies, but she is lost, always adrift in her thoughts, looking back at her past decisions and wondering about her future. When she’s tasked to find a topic and submit her thesis within a week (in order to graduate), she’s faced with her biggest fear: to see the…
Reel Tape Recollection. Breathing with some fresh strikes of fantastical stylization (musical; hazy imagery). The leading band members (with spring-like chemistry) find what stood ahead for their own good. Remember? When we lived in the 100-year-old park, the music and we, even as the curse of the carp sat near, but that is only temporary.
Incredibly cute and wholesome movie that instantly put you in a good mood. Hashimoto ai proves herself to be a talented singer, caught myself humming the soundtrack all day, the energy is certainly contagious. Once again, shota sometani is in his goofy ass mode, I'm starting to think that's just how he is in real life, who knows?
This is the kind of film you watch for feeling better and passing a bad mood. Good soundtracks and visuals.
Jurassic Parks!
A love letter to park music.
Wonderful 😊 💓
Natsuki Seta's PARKS is lots of smiles, of youthful joy, music and heaps a of naïveté. It's a good example for post-modern deconstruction aswell - that serves little for the film, except for the pleasure of just deconstructing it.
Sadly, the film loses its momentum in the second half, but the musical scene near the end is putting it back in place. PARKS is featuring Ai Hashimoto and Mei Nagano in the main roles and a strictly overacting Shota Sometani as their sidekick. Quite Nice.
Really comfy and charming film about 3 young people rediscovering a lost past while trying to figure out their futures. Any conflicts that come up are ultimately light even when things take a more serious turn in the film's final 30 minutes. The best moments feature the main characters simply having fun with each other as they recreate a forgotten song. There is a scene where they hear a reel-to-reel recording that is particularly memorable because of their naturally cheerful reactions. The dynamic between Ai Hashimoto, Mei Nagano, and Shota Sometani (who are all very likeable on their own) is really on point here. Overall, this is just a remarkably delightful film that never really needs to go beyond that.
Very pleasant and full of youthful spirit.
A nearly perfect film except the last thirty minutes. What begins as a film about parks and memories and music slowly develops into a meditation on time itself. How some things remain the same only by changing, but not changing so much that the essence is lost. A solid one and half hours of a procastrinating heroine and her weirdo friends with good heart channelising their unspeakable fears and hopes into their art making adventures. Their creative companionship is beautifully shot and softly captured...the cinematography is quintessentially Japanese, a play of muted ligh and shadows...But eventually this is a meditation on not just time but space as well. Just as the music needs the park, friendship is a space that…
Kleines, ganz sympathisches Drama, mit tollen Schauspielern. Speziell die zwei Hauptdarstellerinnen haben mir wirklich gut gefallen. Tolle Kulisse mit dem titelgebenden Park. Etwas gewöhnungsbedürftig fande ich allerdings die Hintergrundmusik, aber irgendwie hatte die was.
Startet etwas schleppend, aber ab so 30min wirds deutlich besser.
Die drei Charaktere sind echt engagiert und diese Freude an der Musik ist schön.
Echt toll wie hier der Vergangenheitsaspekt eingearbeitet wird, zum Beispiel mit Träumen.
Zudem wird auch mit dem Medium Film gespielt, mit paar kreativen Szenen.
Ich mochte Parks mit der ruhigen Art und der fröhlichen Atmosphäre. Gab vielleicht manchmal ein zu ruhiges Erzähltempo, dafür aber auch ein tolles Ende.
