Reviews

The main character goes to his office by rowboat in order to avoid the rush hours. People are irritated by a traffic jam, on the other hand, he is calm because a river doesn't have traffic jam. However, one day, a happening which interferes with his rowing occurs. His comfortable commute starts to be threatened on the day. After due consideration, he tries to commute in another way and keeps his comfortable commute.

The composition of story is easy and clear, so I enjoyed this film while relaxing. Obstacles increase day by day. It makes me thrilled and laugh. The scene that he goes to his office are the same camera works, which helps to impress his grief and fan audience expectations.

The tempo of this film is light and good. We can enjoy expecting net way a story develops. The twist in story made me laugh. This has a funny denouement and conclusion, so I think everyone is entertained.

Roxie wants to be a star and looks at Velma who is a singer attached to a cabaret. One day, Roxie kill her lover in order to break his promise that he promote her, and therefore she is arrested. Surprisingly, at a prison, Roxie meets Velma. Velma is arrested for the murders of her husband and her sister. Thanks to a lawyer, Billy, Velma is treated as a star. Roxie tell him to become her lawyer and try to be famous.

This is musical movie. One of noticeable points is music and dance. In spite of movie, there is gorgeousness and like live show. Moreover, Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones are so sexy. They makes the film exciting and luxurious. Story line is simple but dance and music prevent to get bored, I think.

It is exciting movie. I enjoy this film not only as movie but also as show. I was pleased with soundtrack.

The main character Lucius is A bath Licensed designer in Roma. He is serious and considers Roman bath culture so his works aren't received. One day, he travels through time to the modern Japan for strange reason. In modern Japan, He sees a comic artist Mami and he is surprised at polishing Japanese bath culture. He goes back Roma and designs novel bath using Japanese idea. And he becomes famous licensed designer.

One of noticeable points is that casts have strong featured faces. The reason is to reproduce Roman. The tempo of story line and change scenes is good. Story runs at a blazing speed, which helps to complete this movie as comedy movie and to make the movie more funny.

We can watch this film with a light heart. If you want to spend useless and funny time, I recommend this movie. I laughed a lot and enjoy it.

Sophie is a girl but becomes an old lady due to curse by a witch. Sophie meets Howl who is a magician. She starts to live with Howl in his moving castle.

First, buildings, characters, and clothes are colorful and artistic. Simply, we enjoy just pictures. Soft color combination and depiction makes Grand worldview, I think. Story line and themes is difficult a little. Watching this a number of times help to digestion and give new a way of appreciating and messages.

I like this movie the best in Ghibli works. First, Howl is so cool in that both appearance and inside. His personality is conceited but weakling. Though he looks sorry on the face of it, these bring his gentility and strength, I think. No matter how many times I watch is, I enjoy Howl's attraction and I think real theme of the movie.

Unpopular magician, Haruo travels through a time warp 40 years ago. There, he meets his parents when young. Haruo becomes popular there and forms d duo with his father. Later, his mother's pregnancy is revealed and Haruo rethinks myself and confronts his own secret of his birth.

Ohizumi you plays Haruo and Gekidan Hitori plays Haruo's father. They are Japanese comedians so comical parts of this movie are very funny. I think casting is good. Though story is common time slip SF, main casts' nice performance and comical story development made this film be in union and unique, I think. Story is concrete and simple so it is easy to understand, which is also attractive.

I like Ohizum you so I savored his act. There are funny scenes but, moving scenes appear at good timing. This film told an importance of family or family love. I enjoy this movie!

The stage of the movie is zootopia which any animals live in. In spite of size and food, various animals live together there. One of main characters, Judy is a rabbit and becomes a police at zootopia. Another main characters, Nick is a fox. Judy struggles an actual state of a gap and try to change it. Then she tries to solve the problem, flesh-eating animals missing. Nick becomes Judy's partner for a strange reason.

Judy's constructive way of living and attitude that she never gives up are. I think too brave character like her is particular to animation. Judy's challenges have an important massage like "dreams come true". Moreover multiracial society and multicultural society are reflected in establishment of many kinds animal.

This is a just Disney animation film. There are cute characters so from children to adults can enjoy. Not only story line is fun, but also there are many messages. This movie gives me courage and hope.

The main character is a high school girl named Makoto. She get ability of time slip. She use this ability for her personal things. Though she thinks no one know her time travel, Chiaki who is Makoto's friends becomes aware. This is the story of Makoto's development through time leap.

Comical story development and tempo makes film fresh. However, Makoto's using time leap is too trifling and there are unreasonableness and contradiction of time leap. Therefore, some feel some dissatisfaction, I think.

This animation movie has the 10th anniversary since release. Now, Toki kake café opens for a limited period, so there are deep-rooted fans. I like Makoto's freshness and energy. Makoto's voice is not only cheerful but also silly, so I was pleased. This film give me positive feeling.

A young man, Tim becomes aware of his own ability of time slip and hears this ability has been handed down from generations. He use this ability for making his life and his family's life better, particular his own love. Through his time travel, he grows up.

In spite of SF or time-travel style, this movie has love story and family story. Taking in time travel naturally, the theme of movie is wide, I think. The balance of parts of comedy and serious are good, so I can watch it with comfortable tempo.

This movie is one of my favorite movie. I like a scene where Tim and his father have the last meeting and he can never to meet again. It moved me. This film told me how important "now" is. It's so warm story.

This story is that children, Gordie, Chris, Teddy, Vern venture in order to find a dead body. Through this adventure, they make deep friendship and develop as an adult.

This film develops by Gordie's flashback. I think the flashback style tell something that we can get in only our childhood. I sometimes felt bore because they just go to adventure. However, I could find innocence, curiosity, invincibility, and mutability peculiar to children.

My favorite point of this film is music, for example Lollipop", "Yakety Yak" and "Stand by Me". These soundtracks make film lively. I think nice choice of music.

Though this work was made in 1986, it is famous even now. I could understand this film is called a masterpiece. I think it has great ambition and nostalgia.

Rosie and Alex are old friends since they were 5 years old. They aim to go to Boston in order to enter university. However, due to a one-night stand Rosie has a baby so she decides to stay in England and to bring up her baby. Rosie and Alex gets separated from each other. All chances to tell their feeling each other fail to coincide. Each of two grow and know own feeling, so their love develops.

I feel this film is a common establishment of story, but actions of Rosie and Alex too be too untimely. When Rosie become honest, Alex is awfully busy. When Alex is approach to her, Rosie can't notice. There are many misunderstanding and passing each other without meeting, which makes me nervous. I felt nervous many time in the film but thanks to this feeling, happy development gets more exciting.

This film makes me impatient. However, it tells me important of honesty and true love. I was moved a lot.

Satsuki and Mei move to countryside with their father. This area has a wood, Totoro, a ghost or monster, stay there. Mei finds Totoro and they exchanges. Satsuki also find Totoro. Satsuki and Mei are helped by Totoro several times. This story is that the sisters' contacts with Totoro.

What impressed me in this movie was that this movie doesn't many dialogue. On other hand, sound effects are various and cute, I think. Sounds of running Satsuki and jumping Totoro are cute and funny. These are effective in bringing out an attraction of the animated cartoon. Moreover, Mei's voice and portrayal are very cute and just a little child so darling.

This movie released in 1988. After about 30 years, we can get friendly with Totoro and Totoro is famous and popular even now. I think the reason why this is so popular is simple development of story and charming characters. This movie made me happy and cheerful.

This story is born by a lady's misunderstanding. The main character lady misses a train and has a lunch in order to fill up the time. At the restaurant, she has a date with a strange man for a funny reason. Though this date finishes all too quickly to take a train, they have a nice time at last. She fined the own misunderstanding and gets on train with an embarrassed smile.

The lady is so cute. Changes of her feeling, expression, and attitude are comical and charming. Due to short film, the plot of the story develops rapidly, which makes her cuter, I think. Black and white screen and retro sound are nostalgic, so we can enjoy attractions peculiar to old film.

The happening, a sudden lunch date choked me up. I watched her pure and lovely mistake and attitude and a partner's smart behavior, and I feel happy.

Main character Darius works at publisher as internship. Then she must collect information about an article which tells "Wanted somebody to go back in time me. safety not guaranteed." She goes to gather news materials with an older reporter Jeff and a colleague Arnau. Through reporting, she becomes aware that Kenneth who writes the advertisement is attractive. Darius and Kenneth prepare for time-travel.

Though one of the theme is time-travel, they don't or can't travels through a time warp easily. This film focuses on rather process of trying time -travel than actual time-travel, which is interesting. There are thrilling scenes and lovely scenes, so I enjoyed each character's story and feeling. It's wonderful. My favorite scene is where Darius and Kenneth stand around a bonfire and talk. It wrung my heart.

Because it is long time since they travel through a time warp, to tell the truth, I felt bored a little. But each character's growth and positive attitude bring warmth.

This story is an old man's flashback and meeting again. In the time of war, when hi is a German boy, he plays at a lost house and finds a Jewish girl hiding. Because soldiers come in, she gets away and he finds out. Though their meeting is a moment, he meets her again for the first time in year in order to give a unicorn which she had.

Though this film has only sic words and only 3 minutes, there is a lot of warmth. This historical background is World War 2. This story told me that war is unfair and children are pure. I think children have important rolls in that they can behave without thinking of serious problems.

It's a warm story. I was moved by his bravery and gentleness. I think this film tells the recovery of war and gives a chance to rethink war.

A snowman wants to get away from a dome in order to play with toys and meet a beautiful girl toy. He tries to destroy the dome by various methods. At last, he can escape and can meet another beautiful girl. However, it is a momentary joy. He reaches the poor and funny end.

First, the pictures are very cute. The set that characters are toys makes this film cuter and more attractive. The tempo of the story line is light, so I watched it as if I was being sucked in. A lot of methods gor destruction of dome have a fun ob repetition. Audiences enjoy expectation "What does he do next?" I was excited and surprised at the fact that despite being only 4 minutes long, it can make audiences have various kinds of feeling; thrill, fun, surprised. I enjoyed the comical development.

A girl buys a packet of cigarettes on order by her father who can't go out to buy it due to illness. Her mother gets angry with her buying tobacco. She is in a dilemma between her father who asks her to buy cigarettes and her mother who orders her to stop it. Her decision, whether she keeps it or not, makes her family better.

The main character girl, Sara, is an elementary school student. I think she has peculiar feelings and behavior for a child, for example, a sulky face and pliability to her father, are effective in this story. Her pureness has the power of developing the story, and therefore there are meanings why the main character is a child.

I feel irritated in that her behaviors are correct. Should she help his smoking? Or should give priority to his health? This is a difficult question in common to all. I remembered my grandfather's death. This film gave me a chance to think what my dearest person's happy end is.

This story is about a a couple, a Japanese wife and a British husband, who live in Kamakura. They have some problems so she looks unhappy. One day, he comes home with a mixed boy who is taught English by him. They can't make contact with the boy's parents so he proposes that they adopt him. Though she opposes this idea, the boy helps the couple's relationship to become better.

The couple usually talk in English, However, the wife sometimes talks to her husband in Japanese. I think the proper use of the language makes significant remarks. Japanese lines have not only just meanings but also her feelings deeply. It is interesting.

this film give me something to think, for example, international marriage, having a child, and adoption. Moreover, it told that happiness takes different from for different couples and true love is up to the couple themselves. I feel warm and I want to create a warm home.

A main character works as a driver to collect golf balls at golf driving range. His patience for the work wears out at last, and he plans and do something evil in order to take his revenge on society.

The end of this story is very surprising. I was excited at writer's imagination. A flow of this story, a situation and a motive are concise. I think this concision has an effect on making viewers more amazed. The intense end is a good point.

This movie doesn't have dialogue and music. It has only sound. I think sounds of swing and hitting ball accent his irritation and his cold heart. Having no BGM brought a feeling of tension to this movie.

In spite of being only 5 minutes long, it gave me a shock and thrill. I enjoyed the unexpected end, how to revenge. Monotone screens and simple sounds made me more thrilled.

A father leaves his daughter behind, and he goes a long way by boat. The daughter tries to go where she said good-by to her father many times in order to see her father again. This film is an animated cartoon. It has only music and there is no dialogue.

From the viewpoint of animation, I think simple pictures are effective. Pictures written in thin lines and monotone screens make audience feel sad. I think these portrayals tell her anxiety and bravery.

I think sound in the most important perspective because there is no dialogue in this film. Tones of organ sound like folk songs, so I got nostalgic. Tones and rhythm of piano help me imagine story and feelings. Moreover, sounds of nature, for example rain, wind, and wave, make the mood grow. I like this film's music.

This is interesting in that this doesn't have any words. Therefore, details and feelings are up to audience's imagination. We can enjoy a lot of interpretations, so I'm interested.