Hiroko, whose fiancé Itsuki died two years ago decides to write a letter to Itsuki's old address, and she surprisingly gets a reply. The person who replies to this letter is a woman who has a same name as Itsuki, and she went to the same school with Itsuki. Two women continues exchanging letters and share their memories about Itsuki. The story line is wonderful! Many things complexly related, but at last everything comes together and make sense. The story that the main character gets reply from the dead person is common, but I could not expect what happens next, and the ending part of this film. At first, I thought this film is kind of horror even though the title of the film is "Love Letter", but it is not. The story is well written, but also the characters are wonderful. I love this film and deeply recommend you to watch it.
Reviews
15 Reviews
I Wish
(2011)
Touching film
22 August 2014
Two young brothers, Kouichi and Ryuunosuke live apart in Fukuoka and Kagosima because of there parent's divorce. One day they know about a rumour that the person who sees the two new bullet trains passing each other for the first time gains his dream, and they plans to see it to make their wish to live together with their family again. With few friends of them, they goes to their meeting point. This film is very nice. We can see two brother's strong wish and their grow up in their spirits through the trip clearly. However, if I could say one thing, I want to see more about their past, or their life with their parent after they live apart. I could see their desire to live with their family again, but I could not see much trouble or conflict. However other than this, I think this film is very good and moving film.
Tomboy
(2011)
Beautiful film
22 August 2014
The Tomboy, Laure moves to new neighbourhood during the summer break before the school starts. She pretends to be a boy named Michael to her new friends there. She does many things to pretend herself as a boy in the film. The main character is very good in this film, but also a love of family, especially the relationship between Laure and her sister Jeanne is delightful. The story is well written, and the film is very touching, and wonderful. The theme of the film is very unique. Nowadays, transsexualism is getting a big social problem in the real world. I think this film is good film to a start to think about this problem. To just think about the film, I especially liked the ending part. I cannot spoil it, but I was very touched by the relationship between Laure and Lisa. Please watch this film and have fun!
Big
(1988)
funniest film ever
22 August 2014
Josh is a 12 years old boy. He makes a wish to be "big" since he is not able to ride a carnival ride because he is too small. Next morning, he becomes a 30 years old man and he starts his new life as an adult with his friend Billy's help. He succeeds in his job, and love. It is very cute, charming and fun film. Josh becomes an adult, but his act is still a kid. The film is comedy, but it does not only comedy I think. This film includes the human drama a bit. There are friendship and love. Everything goes well with Josh after he becomes an adult, so please check what happens at the end by yourself. It might be very common, but is so good. It was my first time watching this film, but it gives me much laugh and makes me happy. I love it and want to watch it again even I watched it only few days ago.
Léon: The Professional
(1994)
Thrilling, but touching film
22 August 2014
Leon is a "cleaner", professional assassin. One day he saves a girl named Mathilda whose family is killed. Since this incident, they live together and Mathilda try to find out the person who killed her family for the revenge. This film is thrilling, a bit scary, but wonderful and touching. Both two main characters, Leon and Mathilda have dark past. The relationship between Leon and Mathilda changes through the film. The thing they do in the film is terrible, but I can not hate them or even liked them. The film does not changes it tension much from beginning to the ending. There are not any funny or happy thing happens, and unusual scary things happens but still this film is very touching. I usually do not like thrilling and scary films, but this film is an exception. It makes me sad, but I want to watch it again. The story line, and characters are great, but especially the atmosphere of the film is outstanding. There are not too much dialogues or musics, but we can see what happens or what characters are thinking from its atmosphere. If you are interested in these kind of film, I deeply recommend it to you.
unique and fun film
21 July 2014
This short film is very funny and unique. I have never seen a film like this. It starts with Terry Tate tackling the man who broke the rules. Terry tackles the office workers who break the rules. These rules are very small, and we often see many people break those rules in the real world. In this film, Terry tackles so many people and they all look scared of him, and it looks like Terry is the rule in this office. However, he fits in the office as the important member of this company, and as family. He is not only feared by the office workers. It is fun to watch it. He tackles people but he never hurts them, so it is not a violent film, and Terry is a player of American Football, but if you do not know what this sports is, you can still enjoy this film.
Fish Out of Water
(2005)
Funny short film
21 July 2014
This story is about the man who goes to work by paddling everyday to avoid the crowded commute. He is fine with it or even enjoys his personal calm time on the boat. However it totally changes after he meets a beautiful woman. The idea of this film is very unique and interesting. I have never heard of or seen this idea before. Also the music is very nice. It adds emotions to the film even the film is nonverbal one. This short film is very funny. I tried to expect what would the man do to take back his calm commute, but the ending is beyond my imagination. I could not stop laughing when I saw this film. I love it because this film makes me happy. I can not tell what happens at the end, but I am sure that most people can not expect what happens at the end, and they would laugh. It takes only eight minutes to watch, so I really recommend you to watch it!
Otousan no tabako
(2007)
this film is very touching
21 July 2014
This film is cute. There is very clear ups and downs in this film. The daughter tries to get Tabako, but there are some troubles. Same as other many short films, this film does not have many characters. The main character, the daughter's trial for getting Tabako takes large amount of this film. Through this trial, she meets some people, and She have troubles at each time. We can she her feeling at each time clearly. However, I think there are not many exciting feeling for what happens next, because we can expect it through the film. Only ending part was not what I expected though. The ending part is very touching. To sum up, this film is very cute and good, but could not be excited that much for me.
Knick Knack
(1989)
wonderful film!
21 July 2014
This film is wonderful. The snowman in the snow dorm tries to get out of where he is at and tries many thing for this purpose. The story is very short and simple but it is very cute. Especially the snowman, the main character in this film is so cute. His goal for many things he does is very simple and clear. He is very simple minded, but his character is quite likable. Also, there are a lot of ups and downs in the film through many things the snowman does, so we can also enjoy these ups and downs as we become the snowman. Furthermore, the background music is great. It is very effective for making the characters seems like enjoying their vacation time. This background music is playing from start to finish in this film. So, even though an unexpected accident occurs in the film, we can still remember that the characters are in a vacation time. This film is amazing and is really fun to watch.
The Lunch Date
(1989)
cute one
21 July 2014
This short film is very simple and cute. We can tell the main character's characteristic in the first minutes from the small accidents. The film starts with the main character, a wealthy old lady who is in a hurry to catch the train on time. She is a very suspicious person. There are not many characters and happenings, but we can enjoy watching it, because the old lady's character is very firm. She never changes her personality in the film even though there is an accident due to her mistake. It is very interesting, because many films I have watched changes the character's personality or characteristics in the film through some accidents they overcome or just go through. This film is only ten minutes long, and as I wrote before, there are only few characters and accidents, we can still enjoy watching it.
Safety Not Guaranteed
(2012)
fun film
21 July 2014
This short film is very simple and cute. We can tell the main character's characteristic in the first minutes from the small accidents. The film starts with the main character, a wealthy old lady who is in a hurry to catch the train on time. She is a very suspicious person. There are not many characters and happenings, but we can enjoy watching it, because the old lady's character is very firm. She never changes her personality in the film even though there is an accident due to her mistake. It is very interesting, because many films I have watched changes the character's personality or characteristics in the film through some accidents they overcome or just go through. This film is only ten minutes long, and as I wrote before, there are only few characters and accidents, we can still enjoy watching it.
Three Days in Kamakura
(2012)
Nice film
21 July 2014
Warning: Spoilers
This film is good. I could see the relationship and the problems the characters have clearly through the film. Also, there is not much dialogue but I could understand the characters feelings from the scene. This is only a 20-minute film but many small iccidents happens through the story and they describe each character's personality and the background they have. And the music and its rainy weather in this film fits the story line. However, I could not understand some parts the first time I watched this film, and could understand them a few times later. For example, when Keiko sees her scar on her stomach, I could not understand what it means. So, I think there are some scenes which should be described more. Other than this, this short film is not a very cheerful story, but it is very good. It makes us think about the relationship between family.
Father and Daughter
(2000)
This short movie is so stunning
10 June 2014
This short movie is so stunning. I was so impressed by it. We can tell how the daughter loves and misses her father clearly through the story. She goes to the place where she watched her father last time and she keeps going as she grows up. There are not any remarkable happenings but this movie is very touching. The music and sounds makes it so. There is only one refrain in it but it changes its tune, speed and pitch with the story and it makes this movie amazing. Also, the pictures and colors used in this movie match the storyline. Music, sounds and pictures all comes together and makes this movie touching. I watched it a few times but I did not get tired of watching it, and every time I watch it I could feel emphathy with the daughter. It makes me want to watch it again and again. If you watch it, you would be touched by this whole story and will emphasize with the daughter.
The Gift
(2010 Video)
thrilling and complicated
10 June 2014
This short film is a bit thrilling and complicated. I could not understand what is going on in the story and most people would probably not be able to understand what the gift truly is the first time they watch it. However, after we figure it out, this short film's story becomes very clear. Also, though we do not understand what the gift truly is, we can not take our eyes off from the film because it makes us be drawn into it. The view of the world in this film is like a science fiction and there are some thrilling scenes. The scenes change at a dizzy speed and it ends very suddenly. I can not say what happens at the end, but I really want to see a continuation of this film. I recommend you to watch it a few times to figure out what the gift is and you will be satisfied by it.
Whacked
(II) (1998)
interesting short film
6 May 2014
This is a very strange but interesting movie. It starts with the strange accident and this mystery clears up as the story goes. It is only five minutes long but there is a riddle, answer and motive, and we could see it clearly. There is not any music or dialogue, but we do not get bored, because of the riddle. We can not find the answer till the end, so the first time I watched it, I could not tell what is happening. However at the end, all pieces comes together and I could finally understand it. The thing happening in the story is a bit scary but we do not feel it when we watch it, and even some people laughed at the ending. I watched it twice, and I could enjoy it more the second time, because I could tell the motive and the clues for the riddle which I could not find the first time. We can enjoy this movie even after we know what happens in the story.
Tell Your Friends