Nada Sou Sou

Title: Nada Sou Sou aka Tears For You
Genre: Drama/Romance
Director: Nobuhiro Doi
Format: Movie, 118 minutes.

Dates: 30 Sep 2006

Synopsis: 21-year-old Yotaro works odd jobs in mainland Okinawa, earning money to provide for his younger sister Kaoru, who lives in a small village in an outlying island off the coast of Okinawa. When she arrives on the mainland to join him and attend a top high school, Yota works doubly hard to see her through high school and college. As sibling affection grows into something more, and threaten to destroy the comfortable sibling relationship between them, they eventually come to a point where they have to make a decision.

The Highlights
Cinematography: Beautiful and awe-inspiring.
Story: You know what’s coming, but it still impact anyway.

Cast: Superb, subtle acting.

 

In 2001, Natsukawa Rimi released her third single, titled “Nada Sou Sou”. It was the song which brought her fame all over Japan, and a Mandarin cover of it was released in Singapore by the singer Joi Chua, titled “Pei Wo Kan Ri Chu”. It gained an English cover in 2007, sung by New Zealand ingénue Hayley Westenra, and remains to this day one of Japan’s favourite songs. In 2006, a movie was released revolving around the theme of the song, and the song itself featured in the ending credits of said movie; Nada Sou Sou.

To describe this movie as a story of suppressed feelings between siblings though, is to miss the point entirely; it is, more than anything else, a lesson on life, relationships, and ultimately, family. Nowhere is this more pronounced than when the movie focuses on Yotaro and Kaoru; from the quiet ways in which brother and sister cheer for, get embarrassed by, support, and even quarrel with each other, the movie takes all the elements that come together to form the idea of “family”, and concentrates it into just under two hours to come up with a formula that will, at the very least, warm the hearts of anyone who does not willfully insist on erecting a barrier of cynical prejudice around his or her heart.

What is truly unique about this movie within its genre, is its willingness to deal with real life issues; people will cheat you for their own purposes, a romantic relationship between two people from differing social statuses will not work out due to societal pressures, problems can cause strains in even the closest of bonds, and even the person closest to you will have to leave you eventually; in short, life is hard. It is because of this ability to use real life issues to move the plot along, without the apparent need to introduce plot devices out of nowhere, which particularly makes this movie shine.

It certainly doesn’t hurt that the viewer literally gets to see Kaoru grow up; played by Nagasawa Masami (who first broke onto the scene with her portrayal of the ill-fated Hirose Aki in Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World) Kaoru literally changes throughout the course of the movie. Even though Nagasawa’s initial portrayal of Kaoru as wide-eyed village girl may come across as mind-grating with her saccharine-sweet voice, it is there to contrast with the later portrayals of Kaoru as worried sister, and afterwards as a mature young woman. Tsumabuki Satoshi of Waterboys fame also puts in a stellar performance as Yota, portraying with great skill the portrait of a young man struggling to provide for his younger sister, shouldering all the burden while he smiles for Kaoru and tries to keep her shielded from the very real problems of their financial situation.

Last but not least, director Nobuhiro Doi brings the quietly beautiful cinematography ofIma, Ai ni Yukimasu to this movie with great effect; the homely beauty of Okinawa is done justice under his hands, and the warmth of its inhabitants is portrayed to full effects by the supporting cast. The shots of the sea are especially beautiful, and the activity of Okinawan life is balanced with the darkness and quiet of privacy. Such a style of cinematography complements the story well; it is, after all, what Japanese films of this genre tend to be particularly good at.

Nada Sou Sou is, at its heart, a story about family, about growing up. Watch it with the person you treasure the most in your life; the experience will be even better that way.

Article Source : http://www.nihonreview.com/live-action/nada-sou-sou/

My Opinion : Ceritanya sangat menyentuh, Tentang pengorbanan seorang kakak untuk adiknya agar bisa terus menempuh sekolahnya. Lambat laun benih-benih cinta tumbuh pada diri sang adik. Film ini mempunyai jalan cerita yang bagus, penuh pesan moral, dan yang pasti menguras air mata ! Buktikan sendiri kalau anda tak percaya.

All About Lily Chou Chou - Japanaese Movie

Yuichi

All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shuusuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet, and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.

In elementary school, Hoshino was one of the best students in school, but was picked on by his classmates. Hoshino and Hasumi meet and become friends when they join the kendo club, and Hoshino invites Hasumi to stay over at his house. Hoshino's family is wealthy in comparison to Hasumi's family. Hasumi mistakes Hoshino's attractive young mother for his sister.

Hoshino

The kendo club summer camp training is tough, and Hoshino, Hasumi and some other first-grade boys decide to take a trip to Okinawa. Once there, Hoshino has a traumatic near-death experience and his personality changes from good-natured to dangerous and manipulative. Back at school in September for second term, he takes his place as class bully and shows his newfound power by ruining the lives of his classmates. An alternative voice, that of the character Sumika Kanzaki, attributes Hoshino's personality change to the collapse of his family's business and his parent's divorce; this matches several scenes connecting the decline of Hoshino – who has had to change his name – to divorce.

Hasumi, the confused and shy former friend of Hoshino, finds himself sucked into his now-tormentor's gang. He is ridiculed and coerced into doing Hoshino's dirty work, and finds solace only in the ethereal music Lily Chou-Chou makes, and acting as web editor for his fan website. Things become far worse for everyone when Hasumi is assigned to supervising Shiori Tsuda, whom Hoshino has blackmailed into enjo kōsai, and another girl is raped by Hoshino's lackeys after unwittingly offending the school's girl gang. The whole quagmire comes to a head when Hasumi heads to Tokyo to see a Lily Chou-Chou concert, and encounters the last person he thought would be there.

The story of Hoshino and Hasumi is paralleled by messages posted to a Lily Chou-Chou Internet message board which are displayed on screen. Until the meeting at the concert, it is left up to the viewer to figure out which characters in the story are posting under what names.

Cast :

• Shugo Oshinari as Shusuke Hoshino (星野修介 Hoshino Shusuke), the best student in school who, after a trip to Okinawa, becomes a bully.
• Hayato Ichihara as Yuichi Hasumi (蓮見雄一 Hasumi Yūichi), Hoshino's former friend who becomes a reluctant member of his gang and will later on be bullied by Hoshino. Yuichi is the leading character in the movie. He admins an online Lily Chou-Chou BBS and is a great fan of the singer.
• Ayumi Ito as Yoko Kuno (久野陽子 Kuno Yōko), a classmate of Yuichi's. A brilliant pianist, she is the envy of a clique of powerful girls, and therefore is also bullied. She is raped by Hoshino's gang and cuts off her hair as a way of avoiding Shiori Tsuda's fate.
• Yû Aoi as Shiori Tsuda (津田詩織 Tsuda Shiori), a classmate of Yuichi who gets blackmailed into enjo kōsai by Hoshino. Yuichi befriends her later on, and introduces her to Lily's music. Near the end of the movie she takes her life.
• Yuki Ito as Kamino, one of the boys in the blue school uniforms at the train station when Kuno is introduced.
• Izumi Inamori as Izumi Hoshino (星野いずみ Hoshino Izumi), Hoshino's mother. It is unknown if she is single. She loves her son very much and welcomes Yuichi with open arms during a junior high sleepover at the Hoshino household. A classmate of Yuichi suggests that this is done to ensure that Yuichi will enjoy being Hoshino's friend.
• Salyu as Lily Chou-Chou, the enigmatic and ethereal singer that Yuichi, Tsuda and others in the film are fans of. She is hardly seen in the film, except on a video screen near the story's end, but her music is heard throughout the movie. She is said by her fans to channel what is called "the Ether", which is not unlike the invisible substance once thought by ancient philosophers to be the field that light travels through. This "ether" can be heard in the calm, melancholy songs she sings.

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_About_Lily_Chou-Chou

My Opinion : Menurutku Film ini bagus banget, recommend buat ditonton, menceritakan bagaimana sebuah lagu bisa menjadi pelarian. Berkisah mengenai persahabatan, penghianatan, bullying . Gak bakal rugi nonton film ini, banyak hal yang bisa dipetik dari sana !

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