Shiego gets amnesia after being struck. When he meets Kaumi, he discovers his talent for singing and becomes the lead singer in the band she manages. A romantic comedy about love, redemption, music, and second chances.
If that wonderful film called Linda Linda Linda was Yamashita’s The Ramones-fueled film, Misono Universe can be interpreted –and heard– as its beatle reversion. The song may not be the same, but the director’s talent for pop comedy and characters as eccentric as lovable is still intact in this parable about the redemptive power of music –which, as Nick Hornby demanded, doesn’t need to ever use the word “redemption”. We won’t miss Doona Bae here, since Subaru Shibutani, the frontman of a famous J-Pop band, carries the lead vocals. Together with Fumi Nikaido –the enfant terrible from Why Don’t You Play in Hell?– they form one of most lovely duos of this Bafici, one that seems to emerge from the finest tradition of Hollywood screwball. AM
D: Nobuhiro Yamashita G: Tomoe Kanno F: Futa Takagi E: Takashi Satoh DA: Hironori Iwamoto, Norifumi Ataka S: Hisafumi Takeuchi M: Shoji Ikenaga P: Kazuteru Harafuji, Tsuyoshi Matsushita, Shinji Ogawa, Hiroyuki Negishi PE: Julie K. Fujishima CP: J Storm, GAGA Corporation, Matchpoint I: Subaru Shibutani, Fumi Nikaido
GAGA Corporation. Yuki Oguriyama T +81 3 5786 7135 E oguriymy@gaga.co.jp W www.gaga.co.jp ~ misono.gaga.ne.jp
He was born in Japan in 1976 and studied filmmaking in Osaka. He founded the production company Midnight Child Theatre with four college mates. His films Ramblers (2003) and Linda Linda Linda (2005) were screened in the 2004 and 2005 editions of Bafici. He later directed The Matsugane Potchot Affair (2006; Bafici ‘08) and A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007).
27 de April de 2016
Durante 11 días y en 27 sedes, la ciudad se vistió de cine con una notable respuesta del público.
24 de April de 2016
find here which are the surprise films that bafici programmed for today at village recoleta: there are tickets available for all screenings.
24 de April de 2016
enjoy a free three-part program at cc recoleta: shorts from the “hacelo corto” fest, wallace & gromit and michael jackson.
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