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Single8 (2023)

Directed by Kazuya Konaka

Drama | Comedy

Overview

In the 1970’s, a group of high-schoolers, obsessed with Star Wars, picks up an 8mm camera and attempts to make their own sci-fi film.

Length 112 minutes

Actors

Yu Uemura | Akari Takaishi | Noa Fukuzawa | Ryuta Kuwayama | Takuji Kawakubo | Ryûki Kitaoka | Yusuke Sato | Narimi Arimori

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/05/2024ComputerStreamingVideo on Demand8 stars
 

Viewing Notes

It’s always nice when a highly anticipated movie lives up to your expectations. This is so delightful that it really took me back to my teen years and how we thought about the same things. Akari is so good as the “heroine” and has a quality about her that just works as this outsider fitting in with these three dudes.

Love that JP indie cinema doesn’t give AF about details like seeing modern cars in the background of a 1978 set film or that those Ibanez guitars didn’t exist in 1978 or that style of hard rock wasn’t developed until decades later. Like who cares just make a fun movie. And they did!

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