This more of a studenty art film to be honest. The first ten minutes is simply a girl looking sadly into the distant. It's visually nice and the area looks great but it's also quite low budget. Not for me. Watch the trailer and you'll see what I mean.
6.5Plot summary
Kii Peninsula, Wakayama, Japan. In a small harbor town at the Southernmost end of Honshu Island, a Highschool senior and the only daughter of 'Fukuro Restaurant' Sora Hirami lives alone with her father Taichi. When Sora was little, her mother Ai left for Europe to follow her dream. Left behind, Taichi and Sora deal with the pain of being abandoned. Sora struggles to comprehend her mother's intent and to cope with the emptiness. At school, Sora feels out of place and can't find anyone to confide in. Although she is thankful to her father who has raised her singlehandedly, being a teenager, Sora finds difficulty expressing her gratitude. Even then, she starts to develop hopes for her own dreams. However, Sora has trouble accepting her own dream because her own mother had left her behind to follow her dream. Sora slowly learns to face her own life choices and starts to dissolve the conflicting emotions toward her mother as she crosses paths with everyone else's way of life. Adolescent innocence and fragile feelings intertwine to find the truth. In the undeniable destiny of life and death, Sora takes a step toward her dream, inspiring others to find their own answers.
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1280*534
Japanese 2.0
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Brilliant Visuals and Story - Deserves all the awards
This movie is an excellent example of how you take a simple coming of age theme where a kid is all grown up and ready to move into real world and package it into an exhilarating and visually stunning movie.
The locales of Kii peninsula are simply breathtaking. The various camera angles capturing not only the beauty but the mood, the vivid colors showcasing the turquoise bay and the maroon sunset as well as wonderful use of out-of-focus and different lenses to capture fireworks, wide-angle ocean, beaches as well as the emotions of the lead characters is beyond describing.
The struggles of Sora leave you wanting to help her. Finally, the tenderness of a father-daughter relationship - ALL of this in just over 1 hour.
With Kids - Yes
Watch again - Yes, many, many, many times. In fact, I watched all over just finishing once !!
Don't look for a plot. Just try and understand the essence that the makers tried to portray in this beautiful movie !!
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Visually stunning....
Visually stunning, almost perfect, but I found it ultimately to have a slow pace, and the result is boring.