Favorite films

Recent reviews

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  Big World 2024

  ★★★ Watched 26 Mar 2025

  “My body… has become visibly old. 
  I will soon forget how long I’ve been trapped”
  
  “Tell me… why can’t people be like cicadas? 
  Every time it sheds a shell, it begins a new life” 

  I want to give him a long hug… 

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  A Little Red Flower 2020

  ★★★ Watched 24 Mar 2025

  “Stupid is for grownups” 

  A movie filled with beautiful people.
  The parents, the youngsters, the elderly — I was touched by their unhindered vulnerability and honesty.
  A great depiction of how fear, loss and pain can make something wonderful sprout.

Popular reviews

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  One Million Yen Girl 2008

  ★★★½ Watched 26 Jan 2025

  🍧🍑🪴
  “I wanna go to a town where nobody knows me”
  
  That line alone was enough to make me want to watch this movie, because what a dream right?

  I don’t have a criminal record or anything, but the idea of blissfully becoming a complete stranger is so tempting to me. A new place, with new faces, and a clean slate — it is almost comforting.
  I lived through Yû Aoi throughout this movie, finding joy in the smallest of…

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  18×2 Beyond Youthful Days 2024

  ★★★★ Watched 22 Nov 2024

  Wanna cry? Watch this

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