ichibata

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runs a cinema. 親日 。
(favourite films are current/eternal mood)
life goes on // I need all my babies

Favorite films

  • A Bride for Rip Van Winkle
  • Possession
  • The Swimming Pool
  • Matthias & Maxime

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  • The Beautiful Scars

    ★★★½

  • The Passion of Anna

  • Nube

    ★½

  • Head in the Clouds

    ★★½

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  • Bird

    Bird

    ★★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

  • Willful Murder

    Willful Murder

    ★★★★

    move aside, President’s Men, Parallax View, Post and even Spotlight. with Willful Murder comes a newspaper film you've never heard of.

    Tatsuya Nakadai plays the lead journalist Yashiro who doesn't seem to have any private life and only live to report on the next going-to-be historical occurrence in post-war Japan. as he is about to call in about the return of the Japanese army from Siberia another possible scoop presents itself when he is told that his deadline is pushed…

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  • Wishing on a Star

    Wishing on a Star

    ★★★

    absolutely unhinged travel agency

  • Babygirl

    Babygirl

    ★★★½

    a putto with a balaclava and an AR.

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  • Men

    Men

    ★½

    English countryside post-Brexit is wild

  • One Win

    One Win

    ★★

    you know where you're at when the director states after the premiere that the sound design was not good and that it was his (first and) last attempt at a sports film, because he is not satisfied with the outcome.
    yes, there's an absolutely stunning scene which was choreographed for two months, but the real shortcomins lie in the poor character development and missing emotional engagement.