![]() ![]() Simply a triumph that deserves all the success it has achieved. That is how great the film is, that one film alone is not good enough to let these characters go. I'm going to watch that, since, based on this film alone, I want to see what happens to these characters from here. Although Tokyo has demonstrably changed since 1958 (I went there in May 2008, you wouldn't be able to find traces of this existence), this is a period film which just works wonderfully. If you think you are going to watch this film and promise yourself you will not be sucked in by its sentiment, you are missing the point. There are real glimpses into the meaning of family, love and caring, and just generally sharing your time together. ![]() It is also overtly sentimental at times, but the emotional power of the film never wanes, and it is just a feel great film. It has both comic turns and, once in a while, sad references. Set in Tokyo in 1958 at the time of the construction of the Tokyo Tower, the story depicts a few families in that neighborhood and the things they go through. This film has won so many awards and it deserves every single one of them. But out of the three movies of this title, this one is the best made of the bunch. Everybody tried too hard to make it look like the Showa period which made it look unauthentic. So I couldn't shake the feeling that I was watching a museum display in action. Shinichi Tsutsumi was also over acting, and Maki Horikita didn't convey flesh and blood country girl who came out to Tokyo no matter how much she spoke the Tohoku dialect. The actor who was doing the role of Chagawa seems to be over acting, and all the characters seems to be just wearing the Showa mask except for Hiroko Yakushimaru who played Tomoe. It's like watching a museum of that era with live people moving about it. Based on a comic by Ryohei Saigan, the story is about people's life in the Showa period of Japan. Acting is the most natural, and special effects and props, most restrained. This is the best made of the trilogy (so far) in terms of story, and production. The story revolves around Roku-chan, the Suzuki family, and Chagawa, in the back alleys of downtown Tokyo. He's aiming to win the prestigious Akutagawa award, but for the time being, runs the candy store he inherited from his grandmother and writes novels for the boy's magazine. Ryunosuke Chagawa is an aspiring novel writer. She finds a job at Suzuki automobile shop where she meets Norifumi, and Tomoe. She's coming to Tokyo to find a job from Aomori. Roku-chan (Maki Horikita) is a newly graduate of high school. This movie is like a folk tale about the '50s Japan when it was experiencing rapid recovery from the carnage of WWII. ![]()
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