• Movie: Girls For Keeps (English title) / Girl (literal title)
• Romaji: Garu
• Japanese: ガール
• Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa
• Writer: Hideo Okuda (novel)
• Producer: Osamu Kubota, Kazuya Hamana
• Cinematographer: Taro Kawazu
• Release Date: May 26, 2012
• Runtime: 124 min.
• Genre: Drama / Women
• Distributor: Toho
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

From Asian Wiki

So, if you are a female, I suggested you to watch this movie, because it’s very touching for us :’)

The story revolves at Yukiko Takigawa, a girl which is love to wear sparkly brightly dress and cute little things at her 29 of age. Of course, people will judge her and tell her to be mature.

And then ,Saeko, a strength woman that has a bright career and have a house-husband with no child. Takako,A woman as single parent that keep struggle to be single mom and try to be a father and mother at the same time for her son’s sake. And the last is Yoko Osaka, a single woman in her 30 years old, and kind of falling love with her new junior at work who’s 12 years younger than her.

This movie is tell us about woman. Woman is a girl too. Yeah, I love that line hehe :D

In Japan,  there’s still a gender ‘things’ about woman and men. I think that’s why they made this movie. Woman can do everything too. Woman can work too, can have a bright career too, wear a sparkly things or being single at over 30 is ok too. There’s nothing wrong with born as a female. there’s nothing wrong if female wants to be independent, or single, or something. We have right to choose our fate, right?

Really, this movie, you girls deserved this.

So, it's all about romance <3 , well, if you a fan of action, thriller, horror, or kind of that movie, I definetly not recomend this movie for you.

The story is about a freelancer writer Aoi  Teshigahara who live in Paris, France. And one day, she met Sen Yagami, a photographer, a Japanese tourist who lost in Paris. He actually go to Paris with his sister, but when they arrived, his sister just runaway from him and go to her boyfriend place.

Just a cliche prologue, and a cliche story by the way. But, well you know about Japanesse romance, right? :p
This movie give us experience about loneliness. About a woman, who live alone, and lonely. And then one day, a man give her a colorful day. Just a little time, but really worth it. And the issue about love with age gap - 12 years- when a woman is older than man.

This movie is kind of slow, and quiet. Realistic romantic, just like that. But it is so sweet and simple too. I love the ending. I can't say it was a happy end or sad end. I called it a realistic ending. Just because some days they spend together, doesn't mean their love should be together...

Anyway I love the soundtrack. The sound of piano.... It emphasize the loneliness feeling :'(

Detail from Asian wiki

• Movie: Enoshima Prism
• Romaji: Enoshima Purizumu
• Japanese: 江ノ島プリズム
• Director: Yasuhiro Yoshida
• Writer: Yasuhiro Yoshida, Hirotoshi Kobayashi
• Producer: Kazushi Miki, Mika Umehashi
• Cinematographer: Yoichi Chiashi
• Release Date: August 10, 2013
• Runtime: 90 min.
• Genre: Teen / Sci-Fi
• Distributor: Video Planning
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

So, I finished watch this hearwarming-terajerking kind of movie...

 this story is about friendship between Saku(Shuhei Nomura), Shuta(Sota Fukushi), and Micihiru(Tsubasa Honda). They become friend since childhood. But, Saku has an illness and weak body. So Shuta always try to protect him from exhausted or something.


And the story goes to the day of Saku's two years death ceremony. There is only Shuta, because Michiru is in England. So after ceremony, Saku's mom tell Shuta to take some of Saku's things from his room, as a memento. And Shuta found a book, with a wirstwatch in it, when the book said about time traveller things. Just imagine the time and place that you want.
 He is not sure, but when he come home, in the train, he try to imagine th place and time.... and then... He jumped back at two years ago.

Well, you can tell the rest. Shuta try to prevent Saku's death. This is a simple story, but I tell you, the ending is quite sad. (Im crying anyway :'/ )
There is no rush, no mindblowing twist or something like that in this movie. It's just a simple - Japanese drama- about friendship. Quiet, peacefull, beautiful, and simple. I recomended this movie, for a refreshing weekend!

Do you have a dictionary? Do you read it to check the meanings of some words, or check about spelling, or something else? Do you need a dictionary in everyday life? 
Do you ever think, or even imagine, about how a dictionary is being created? 

Based on the novel "Fune o Amu" by Shion Miura (published September 17, 2011 by Kobunsha),
This movie is about The Great Passage, title of a big project in dictionary departement. Majime is a new comer at dictionary departement. He is an  introvert, shy, nerd and serious type of guy. But he is reeaally interest about linguistic things, He love to write, read, and serious about words. So when he transferred to dictionary departement, he fall in love with the job and seriously do it. 
We gonna see a journey for a dictionary to being created. They collect the words, any kind of words, any time, the usage, and how to explain about a word. And then list it, and checking it, checking it,checking it, again and again and again aaaaand again.... It's not an easy job afterall.

For a Jmovies lovers, maybe this kind of 'slow-drama' is normal. But for some people, maybe this gonna be boring. The plot is kind of slow, it is like make us feel about how long that "The Great Passage" was created. 

But it's worth it to watch. It gonna make you more respect and appreciate a dictionary. It gonna make you thinking about loyalty with everything you do. 

Anyway this movie get many awards too at Japan Academy Prize... well, they deserved it :)

Picture of the Year : The Great PassagesDirector of the Year : Yuya Ishii (The Great Passage) Screenplay of the Year : Kensaku Watanabe (The Great Passage) Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role : Ryuhei Matsuda (The Great Passage) Outstanding Achievement in Sound Recording : Hirokazu Kato (The Great Passage)Outstanding Achievement in Film Editing : Shinichi Fushima (The Great Passage)