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Reviews & Synopsis (since 2009)
of movies from Film Festivals & Hollywood.
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Travelled across Europe, N.America.

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A thirty something PR agency executive Satoko Nishida ( Kasumi Arimura) had been in an affair with a salesman at the same office. With the relationship losing its spark and the salesman’s wife finding out, Satoko begins her narrative on relationships from a hospital bed.

After running into her classmate at a clinic, high schooler Satoko Nakai ( Kashun Himeno) is adorably infatuated; spurred into writing by her teacher, she begins a tale of her adolescent crush.

With her youngest son finishing school, a homemaker Satoko lijima (Hikari Ishida) who loved packing bento boxes now finds time to finally follow her long-cherished dream of writing.

Set in Tokyo, not far from some of the trendiest districts; are their spirits intertwined in an ethereal realm? Enmeshed with loads of humour, the parallel lives of three women at different stages of their life.

さとこはいつも

@satoko_movie

Satoko Always (film) directed by Shuichi Okita

starring Kasumi Arimura, Hikari Ishida, Kashun Himeno, Joe Odagiri, Daisuke Kuroda, Yoh Yoshida, Michitaka Tsutsui

@kasumi_arimura.official

@yoshidayoh_official @hikaringo0525

music Satoko Shibata @batayanworld

music Yuta Orisaka @orisakayuta

cinematography Akiko Ashizawa

#SatokoAlwaysMovie Tokyo Films

#JapaneseCinema

#有村架純

#石田ひかり

Satoko Always (film) part of the official selection,
Busan International Film Festival,
BiFF Competition, Busan Films by @bobby_thecreative

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a month ago

A five hour train trip from Seoul takes Tae-ju (Park Han-sol) to a coastal town in the Gangwon Province.

She’s getting away from some of the toxic social situations, away from the gossip mongers and away from some of the rumours that choke her.

Running into a psychic who can foretell, the first session cautions her to steer clear of men of all types. Man-hyeok (Kim Woo-kyum) is the talkative and whimsical psychic with a wacky humour.

In a delightful yet surprising development, during the second session his foretelling conveys that she would cross paths with a man most likely to be her destined partner. Does he artfully coax her out of her shell?

그날의 태주

Beach Fictions (film) directed by Lim Ha-yeon

part of the official selection, Busan International Film Festival

starring Park Han-sol, Kim Woo-kyum

@bakansori

박한솔

music Won Hong @wonhong_sori

cinematography Park Shin-wook @nukygraph

#BeachFictions #KoreanFilm #KoreanDrama

#KDrama

part of the official selection,
Busan International Film Festival,
BiFF Competition, Busan Films by @bobby_thecreative

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a month ago

Delicately woven stories have been carefully devised over the years to hide the grim realities of their family including the mystery behind his father, Raita (Motoki Fukami).

The adolescent Kiita (Ruhito Okra) who lives with his blind mother Hanae (Yuka Itaya) is now accustomed to the elaborate stories and fanciful excuses.

As Kiita’s voice begins to crack, he ventures out with his childhood friend and classmate Daiya (Konosuke Harada) into some of the distant neighbourhoods. Not much later at some of the trendiest districts of Tokyo, he encounters live music and Tokyo’s indie rock scene.

In this coming-of-age story, as Kiita explores the indie rock music scene with friend Maina (Sayu Kubota), a fascinating curiosity is kindled.

はじまりのさよなら

After the Song (film) directed by Ryohei Kumamoto @kumamoto_desu

part of the official selection, Busan International Film Festival

starring Ruhito Okura, Yuka Itaya, Sayu Kubota, Hideyuki Kasahara, Konosuke Harada

@yukaitaya @ruhito.okura

@kounosuke0202 @kubotasayu

music Ryota Yanagisawa @yayayayanagi

cinematography Yoshiaki Yamamoto @photo_yoshiaki.yamamoto

板谷由夏

久保田紗友

#RyoheiKumamoto @hajimari_film

#AfterTheSong Japanese Cinema

After the Song (film) part of the official selection,
Busan International Film Festival, Busan Films
section: Vision Asia by @bobby_thecreative

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19 days ago

Hyemi (Jung Min-ju) loves dancing to K-pop, especially with her best friend Eun-woo (Kim Tae-yeon). Not surprisingly, she seeks the coveted front-center spot of the school’s dance performance team.

A hollow, gut-wrenching scenario develops as she finds out that her best friend is dating her crush.

There’s so much more happening, Hyemi’s not too happy about her mother developing an interest in a social media influencer. Elsewhere, there’s a wardrobe malfunction during a performance.

Set in Yangsan-si (South Korea), not far from the heritage monasteries, Hyemi and Eun-woo’s uneasy rapport of strained interactions evolves. Could they cultivate a deeper connection?
A coming-of-age drama.

Full Moon (film) directed by Jeong Ji-hye

part of the official selection, Busan International Film Festival @busanfilmfest

starring Jung Min-joo, Kim Tae-yeon, Kim Geum-soon

@taeyeon_ss

@taeyeon.mom @kumsoonkim

music Minhwi Lee @lee.minhwi_official

cinematography Jung Jin-hyeok

@soy_weird

#FullMoonMovie Jeong Ji-hy

정민주

김태연

Korean Drama, KDrama, Korean Film

Full Moon (film) part of the official selection,
Busan International Film Festival,
section: Vision Korea, #BusanFilms by @bobby_thecreative

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23 days ago

director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Munetaka Aoki, Masahiro Motoki

Ryota Miyadate, Masaki Suda

Kokurojo (film) premiere,
Festival de Cannes

Murashige (Masahiro Motoki), a samurai who had earlier worked for Oda Nobunaga, had later revolted against the feudal lord.

Daimyo Oda Nobunaga is involved in the elaborate process of unifying Japan with massive battles and hostile takeovers. Set in the 16th century during the Azuchi era, a hugely transformative and volatile period in its progression towards unity.

In an astounding development, there’s a slaying of a samurai at the Arioka Castle; more peculiarly, there’s no one who can solve the murder mystery. What’s the role Murashige’s wife Chiyoho (Yuriko Yoshitaka) presents in the development?

Irrefutably a historical drama as Murashige is forced to exploit the acuteness of Kanbei, a samurai warrior who was sent to the dungeons by Murashige himself.

The trappings of a thriller as Daimyo Oda Nobunaga and his forces are closing in on the Castle… An exhaustive historical mystery drama evolves!

黒牢城 @kokurojo_movie

Kokurojo (film) directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

(part of the official selection @festivaldecannes )

starring Munetaka Aoki, Tasuku Emoto, Ryôta Miyadate, Masahiro Motoki, Joe Odagiri, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka

music Yoshihiro Hanno @yoshihiro.hanno

cinematography Yasuyuki Sasaki

黒沢清 Japanese Cinema

#本木雅弘

#吉高由里子

@suda.masaki_official @bandou_shingo_official

Kokurojo (film) premiere, festival de Cannes

@mutsuoyoshioka @ryota.miyadate0325_sn_official

@kochiyamato @kondo_yoshimasa

@ryota_bando @oshiro_maeda

@kamikawa_shusaku @shochiku_movie

#Kokurojo #KiyoshiKurosawa
#KokurojoMovie

Selection Officielle
Festival de Cannes, Cannes
Cannes Films

Cannes 2026, Cannes, France by @bobby_thecreative

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5 months ago

During the Second World War in the year 1942, Mila (Doroteja Nadrah) and her brother Hanzi (Oskar Haag) join the anti-fascist resistance unit.

A twenty year old Mila is already leading a team, making extremely crucial decisions in the harsh terrain. Their partisan team is based in the forests and highlands of the Karawanken mountain range; there are make-or-break situations where lives are at stake.

At the end of the war, when her family returns to the Jaun Valley region in Carinthia (Austria), Mila faces a whole new scenario. Should she assimilate? Should those deeply ingrained political and social convictions be held onto?

Mila/Marija (film) directed by Andrina Mračnikar

part of the official selection, Zurich Film Festival

starring Doroteja Nadrah, Oskar Haag, Marko Mandić, Petja Labović, Leon Lučev, Edita Malovčić

@dorotejanadrah @oskar.hg

@leonlucev @edita_malovcic

music Tomaž Grom

cinematography Georg Weiss @georg.weiss

#AndrinaMracnikar #DorotejaNadrah #OskarHaag

Mila/Marija (film) part of the official selection,
Zurich Film Festival, Zurich Films
Feature Film Competition by @bobby_thecreative

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a month ago

High school graduate Raissa is all set to attend Caltech in Pasadena (California) whilst best friend Jo will stay back in the Philippines.

On the eve of their parting, Jo stumbles upon an enchanted ‘sand dollar’ at the beach which opens a portal into the depths of the Nakali - a forgotten fantasy island.

Set in the nineties where Batibat, the ancient tree-dwelling female spirit offers Raissa and Jo an escape route, only if they relinquish ‘memories of their entire friendship’.

Visually vibrant as more than a few mythical characters and creatures like the Kapre, Duwende, Sarimanok and Kataw come into the picture. A whimsical and impulsive animated adventure until the friends find their footing?

@forgottenislandmovie

Forgotten Island (film) directed by Joel Crawford & Januel Mercado

@janimatedultd @joel.crawford.art

part of the official selection, Tokyo International Film Festival

voice cast H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate, Dolly De Leon, Jo Koy, Ronny Chieng, Kevin McCann, Manny Jacinto, Lea Salonga

@lizasoberano @hermusicofficial

@jennyslate @mannyjacinto

@msleasalonga @dollyedeleon

music Matthew David @nathanmdavid

animation DreamWorks @dreamworks

Animation, Animated Drama

@ronnychieng @jokoy

Fantasy Adventure #ForgottenIsland

#JoelCrawford #JanuelMercado

Forgotten Island (film) part of the official selection,
Tokyo International Film Festival,
section: Animation by @bobby_thecreative

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21 hours ago

A young Amadeo invents a photographic camera in the early 1830s in Brazil. Set during the colonial era, his invention became a radical tool in the abolitionist movement, especially since it facilitated the liberation of enslaved men and women.

Interestingly, Amadeo is in a relationship with the daughter of a powerful baron, a love story that defies impossible odds?

The baron, an unyielding feudal lord and dominant estate owner, has views that are a huge contrast to the sentiments of Amadeo and his associates of the movement.

Bound with a delicate background score and evocative voices from across the Brazilian countryside, an animated historical drama unfolds…

Amadeo and the Hypothetical New World (film) directed by Brenda Lígia and Edu Felistoque

@edufelistoque @brendaligiamiguel

part of the official selection, Tokyo International Film Festival

voice cast Sérgio Menezes, Naruna Costa, Paolla Oliveira, Antônio Fagundes

@sergiomenezes____ @narunacosta

@paollaoliveirareal @antoniofagundes

music Guilherme Picolo @guilherme.picolo

cinematography Gab Felistoque, Will Prado

filme de animação, Brasil

Animation, Historical Fantasy Drama

Amadeo and the Hypothetical New World (film)
part of the official selection:

São Paulo International Film Festival @mostrasp

Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro @festcinebrasilia

Tokyo International Film Festival @tokyo_intl_film_festival
section: Animation by @bobby_thecreative

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2 days ago

Ellie is a humanoid alien that descends upon planet Earth. Ellie seemingly loves some of Earth’s trending culture mascots, and idol aesthetics. She loves pop music, is mildly eccentric and flips the routine of Kento who is tasked with managing her outlandish plots.

A frenzied battle-royale where Stella (Yoroshiku Girl) competes in the ‘Queen of Butterflies’ - a virtual-reality battle with personalized weaponry. Stella teams up with an unlikely combatant Nanashi, which only uncovers the grim conspiracy surrounding a missing pop idol.

Set in a gloomy post-apocalyptic future where the human species has perished, a vampire Ayame and a gang of formerly human (now vampire girls) continue to exist in a realm without prey and no society to hide from.

At their pristine Victorian manor, they sift through artifacts and remnants of mankind’s legacy.

An anime anthology feature film. @movie_gtq123

グロテスク

Grotesqqque (film) directed by Atsushi Nishigori

part of the official selection, Tokyo International Film Festival

voice cast: Aruno Nakanishi, Chika Anzai,
Gen Hoshino, Ikumi Hasegawa, Kana Ichinose,
Maaya Uchida, Miku Ichinose, Miyu Tomita,
Nagi Inoue, Nao Tomisato, Rie Kugimiya,
Rumi Okubo, Saori Hayami, Sara Minami

music producers Yosuke Hasegawa, Tetsuya Iwasaki

@eba_1987_ @taku__inoue @_23ki_

@reu__loon @yasudarei @rrreol999

cinematography (animation) Yûya Sakuma

#AtsushiNishigori

安済知佳

長谷川育美

錦織敦史

Japanese Anime, Animated Drama

Grotesqqque (film) part of the official selection,
Tokyo International Film Festival,
section: Animation by @bobby_thecreative

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3 days ago

After a death in the family, their friction-filled relationship notwithstanding, a mother and a daughter gradually begin to cope with the tragic loss.

Daughter Yoon-seul (Kim Se-won) returns to live with her mother Hae-sook (Kim Sung-ryung); the mother pursues a devotional approach whilst the daughter prefers the quietness.

On the outskirts of Seoul, the mother clings onto those late-night drives along familiar hillside streets, another form of solace from her grief.

They are also battling the stigma and the community’s thoughts and remarks about the bereavement.

On the Heights (film) directed by Kim Hyun-min @reina_kimu

part of the official selection, Tokyo International Film Festival

starring Kim Sung-ryung, Kim Se-won, Lim Sun-woo, Yoon Ah-jung

@kinnsewon @sungryoung_kim

@yoon.ahjung @lim.sunoo

music Son Jeong

cinematography Um Hye-jung @knuadp97

KDrama, Korean Film 김현민

김성령

김세원

@namkoongsun

#KoreanDrama #TiFFJP

On the Heights (film) part of the official selection,
Tokyo International Film Festival,
section: Asian Future by @bobby_thecreative

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4 days ago

Mahiro (Nairu Yamamoto) is a little weary of the bustling pace of the trendy districts of Tokyo, she takes a break to return to her hometown.

A tranquil mystery is on the cards, she begins an enchanting process of unraveling some of her memories, nostalgic moments that were always tucked away.

Then, she gets drawn into the inner circle of her younger brother Kohei (Ichiro Banka) and his closest friends. Kohei, together with Hiyori (Mao Tanioka) and Sota (Nariaki Ueyama) call themselves ‘The Miracles’. Whilst Mahiro was away, they had converted her bedroom into a makeshift base.

Set in the Kochi Prefecture (on the island of Shikoku, south-west of Osaka), their curiosity knows no bounds. During one of their late-night expeditions, they encounter a miniature flying phenomenon…

@miraclesummer_m

ミラクルサマー

Miracle Summer (film) directed by Cai Ronglin

part of the official selection, Tokyo International Film Festival

starring Yamamoto Nairu, Tanioka Mao, Banka Ichiro, Ueyama Nariaki

山本奈衣瑠 @nairuuuu

@358mahiro

@_tooru0415_

music Kaho Sudo @kahosudo__

cinematography Li Peiyuan @li.pei.yuan

#CaiRonglin #MiracleSummer

science fiction, adventure

Miracle Summer (film) part of the official selection,
Tokyo International Film Festival,
section: Asian Future, Tokyo Films by @bobby_thecreative

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5 days ago

Riku (Ritsu Otomo) accepts an offer to anonymously write a screenplay on behalf of a renowned screenwriter. Little does he realize that this will inadvertently spark a fascinating reunion with two of his former classmates.

The vivacious Kei (Mai Matsumoto) was the love interest to both Riku and Hamada (Ōsuke Tokunaga).

After ten long years, the unresolved fallout of their youth still lingers. Their romantic triangle remains hopelessly tangled, bound with unexpressed longings and smoldering petty jealousies.

Acclaimed screenwriter Hamada has deadlines to be met. Set along some of the quieter neighbourhoods of Tatebayashi (Japan), Kei adorably complicates Riku’s elaborate effort to anonymously write the script for Hamada…

@saravah_movie

Saravah (film) directed by Hironori Kujiraoka

part of the official selection, Tokyo International Film Festival

starring Ritsu Otomo, Mai Matsumoto, Ōsuke Tokunaga, Tsubasa Nakahara, Michiyo Yokoyama, Mayu Ozawa, Keiko Shimokyo, Ryosuke Kato

@matxg_2

@michiyo.yokoyama.72 @otomoritsu

@keiko_shimokyo @ozawa_mayu

cinematography Hiroki Sato @hirrrrroki

大友律

松本麻衣 Japanese Cinema

徳永王介 #HironoriKujiraoka

Saravah (film) part of the official selection,
Tokyo International Film Festival,
section: Asian Future, Tokyo Films by @bobby_thecreative

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6 days ago