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Single8 (2023)
Directed by Kazuya Konaka
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Summer 1978. High schooler Kurita is inspired by Star Wars, and films a spaceship scene on a 8mm camera together with his friend Ozawa. When the class is discussing a project for their school festival, Kurita’s suggestion to make an SF movie ends up winning. Together with their movie fan classmate Sasaki, the boys start to plan a movie and manage to convince Yamashita, the prettiest girl in class, to star as the heroine. Over the summer vacation, the four shoot their movie, “Time Reverse”, where an alien spaceship arrives on Earth to turn back time in order to save mankind from itself.
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 Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/05/2024 | Computer | Streaming | Video on Demand | 8 stars |
| (Average) 8 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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