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Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The real society in slum area
The story is set in India, a boy appears on a quiz program. The boy answers the quiz questions correctly in succession, and he wins a prize money. However, the boy is arrested for suspicion of an injustice, because he grew up in the slum area in India, and he cannot know the answers. In this story, his growth becomes clear by the examination from the police. This movie draws the present and the past of young people in Mumbai. It is unnatural that he is arrested and tortured, but in this city, it is a reality. A gap-widening society, child abuse, religious disturbances appear in this movie. These problems in India are not familiar for me, so I cannot take my eye off the movie. There are a lot of truths which we have to consider. This movie is also moving. I want many people to watch this movie.
Kiraware Matsuko no isshô (2006)
Importance of life
One day, a woman is dismissed from her job and her stormy life starts. This movie describes a woman's lifetime. Her name is Matsuko and she is very unfortunate woman. In this movie, she meets with misfortunes one after another. I first watch this movie, I think this is a wonderful movie. Although the story of this movie is so simple, after finishing watching this movie, I was made consider a meaning of life. Matsuko's life tells us importance of living as hard as we could, no matter how trying the circumstances. Another good points of this movie is that this movie develops the story with nice tempo. Direction of this movie is so comical, such as animations and music, so we can watch serious story delightfully. However, this movie is not only comical, but also moving. Matsuko teaches us importance thing, so I want many people watch this movie.
Life of Pi (2012)
Beautiful and mysterious movie
A family who managed a zoo is caught in a storm when they sails across the Pacific Ocean, and their ship sinks. An only boy and a tiger survive, and they drift for 227days. This movie is very wonderful. Pictures and music are very beautiful and fantastic. A hero of this movie can understand three religions and this movie asks audience view of religion. The scene that the tiger are tired and becomes emaciated, and the hero first touches the tiger is sad and painful. Moreover, the parting scene of the hero and the tiger is very moving. I think this movie has deep meanings and is difficult to understand. I first watched this movie, I cannot understand what this movie want to tell. However, as I watch this movie many times, I become able to understand meanings little by little. Therefore, I want people to watch this movie many times and to consider the real meanings of this movie.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Warm and moving story
One day, a spaceship comes to the earth, and an alien, ET, is left all alone in the earth. ET meets a boy, Eliot, and he cooperate with ET to return to ET's home. This movie draws their friendship. I watched this movie for the first time, I felt fearful of ET. However, at the end of this movie, I felt affection toward ET because of his kind and admirable character. His cute character is one of the reasons why this movie is loved many people. My favorite scene is that ET and Eliot fly by bicycle. This scene is so beautiful and moving, and music is also good. Eliot and ET are very pure and remind us of true friendship. After watching this movie, I become tender feeling, and I think I want to thank my friends and family more. This is a very moving movie and I want many people to watch this movie.
Babe (1995)
The best animal movie
A pig, "Babe" is adopted into a reticent farmer as a prize of a contest. There are a lot of animals in the farm, and there are various rules among the animals. A sheepdog teaches the rules to Babe, and the sheepdog treats Babe as a real child. One day, the farmer makes Babe serve as a sheepdog. This movie is not an ordinary animal movie. This movie is drawn from the point of view of animals, and this movie tells people that animals have minds like people. Moreover, this movie draws a bond between animals and people. Therefore, the scene that the farmer sings a song and dances to cheer up Babe is very moving. Of course, the last scene of this movie is also very wonderful. I think this movie is the best movie of all animal movies. I want many people watch this movie, and feel a bond of them.
The King's Speech (2010)
Telling us important thing
A character of this movie is a man who became King GeorgeⅥ, the father of Elizabeth Ⅱ. This movie is a biopic and draws how GeorgeⅥ overcome stuttering problem. The king and his wife visit many doctors to overcome the problem, but his stutter does not get well. One day, they meet a doctor, Geoffrey Rush, and the king overcome his problem thanks to Geoffrey's unique treatment. This movie is very moving. The scene of this movie is the British royal family, but King GeorgeⅥ is a very human person and familiar to us. This movie tells us importance of facing difficulties. Moreover, conversations between King GeorgeⅥ and Geoffrey Rush are comical and very interesting. Their positions are so difficult, but they build up friendship. That's why the last speech is very moving. This movie tells us important things, so I want many people to watch this movie.
Zatôichi (2003)
Powerful movie
An old couple visits Tokyo to meet their children for the first time in 20 years. However, their children were very hard, and they are unkind to their parents. This movie focuses on family ties and life and death. This movie draws a reality of family in Japan. Almost all children leave their home and live their respective lives. Of course, I think I will be one of them. It is often forgot that parents are always worried about children, and we also have to consider our children. This movie reminds us important things which we tend to forgot. This movie draws a family from the point of view of parents, so we are made notice that we have to be dutiful to our parents. After watching this movie, I consider the importance of family, and I think I want to tell my parents thanks. I want many people watch this movie.
Tôkyô monogatari (1953)
A bond of family
An old couple visits Tokyo to meet their children for the first time in 20 years. However, their children were very hard, and they are unkind to their parents. This movie focuses on family ties and life and death. This movie draws a reality of family in Japan. Almost all children leave their home and live their respective lives. Of course, I think I will be one of them. It is often forgot that parents are always worried about children, and we also have to consider our children. This movie reminds us important things which we tend to forgot. This movie draws a family from the point of view of parents, so we are made notice that we have to be dutiful to our parents. After watching this movie, I consider the importance of family, and I think I want to tell my parents thanks. I want many people watch this movie.
Gasman (1997)
A Christmas day
One winter day, a daughter, a son and their father go out, and they meet a family, a daughter, a son and their mother. Children are very alike, and children and their father go to Christmas party. At the party, first the two girls play, but a short time later, they get into fight, because of scrambling for their father. The story of this movie is so complicated, and it is difficult to understand the story. This movie draw Christmas day, and the day is happy day for common people, but for this family, it is not. When two families meet on the railroad, a befuddled looks appear on their faces. In this movie, jealousy of children and mental conflict are shown. This movie is short, but a lot of things which we have to analyze are included. So I want many people to watch this movie and consider the meaning of this movie.
Knick Knack (1989)
Fantastic movie
The scene of this story is on the shelf in the play room. The characters are toys and the hero of this story is a snowman in a snow ball. In this story, he tries to go out from the snowball to meet a beautiful doll, for example, hitting the wall with a hammer, and making bombing equipment. One of my favorite points of this short movie is the cuteness of characters. Characters of this story are toys, and their looks and behaviors are cute. Of course, my favorite character is a snowman. He is very simple-minded, and his behavior to go out from the snowball is funny, and his cute behavior makes me want to help. Moreover, the music is fantastic and makes fantasy world. This movie is simple and there are no deep meanings, but this movie makes people smile. I love this story and cute characters. I want many people watch this movie, and enjoy it!
Lifted (2006)
Cute Aliens
At the dead of night, a man is sleeping peacefully in his home, a spaceship comes to his home. In the spaceship, there are two aliens, one of them is slim and he is not get used to operation of spaceship, and the other is fat and he is skillful. The slim alien tries to lift up the sleeping man and pushes some switches, but he cannot operate well. This short movie is comical, and makes us smile. I have two favorite points in this movie. First, characters in this movie are very cute. Generally, the alien is a little bit weird image, but aliens in this movie are lovely and an audience feel an attachment to them. Their reaction are exaggerated and funny. Next, their friendship is heartwarming. Aliens in this movie have contrastive personality, but their combination is very good. This movie is very humorous and cheers an audience, so I want people who feel depressed to watch.
Paperman (2012)
The most favorite movie of me
One day, a man meet a woman at the station. His paper is blown by the wind, and her lipstick stains the paper. They smile at each other, but a train arrives, and she gets into the train. Since then, he cannot forget her, but, one day, he finds her in the opposite building, and he tries to toss paper planes again and again to get her attention. This movie has a warm atmosphere and after watching this movie, people feel happy. There are no lines and colors, but it also create unique and warm world. I think this movie is filled with people's ideal. In this movie, some miracles which it is impossible in real world happen. I know that it is a fiction story, but this movie makes me want to believe in a fatal encounter. This movie relaxes people who are busy and tired because of their works or daily stresses, and raises their hopes.
The Crush (2010)
The crush
A little boy is in love with his teacher, and he gives her a toy ring at the end of class. One day, he meets her and her boyfriend on the street, and she says happily that she is engaged. But he thinks the fiancé is not enough for her, and he challenge him to a duel. This is a love story of little boy, but it is not ordinary cute love story of little boy. The boy is very clever and we are surprised by his action. Of course, he has the cuteness of a child, for example, the scene he gives his teacher a toy ring, and he writes a letter at home is a heart-warming scene. This is a magnificent story which a cute and brave little boy create. The boy is so young, but I think women who watch this movie fall in love with him.
The Lunch Date (1989)
Telling us important thing
At the station, to kill time until next train comes, a woman goes to a café and tries to eat lunch. After she sits a seat, she is aware that she does not have a fork and she goes for one. When she gets back to her seat, a black homeless man eats salad, and she share her lunch. After finishing lunch, the man gets two coffees and gives her one. She notices that the meal is not her own, after he goes out the café. The feature of this movie is that the white woman has prejudice against black men. It is clear that she feels a loathing to the black man. However, in contrast, the black man is so kind toward her. This movie tells an audience that we should not judge people by races. We have to judge people with no prejudice. This movie is so short, but tells us important thing.
Three Days in Kamakura (2012)
A nice couple
This movie describes the daily life of a husband and wife who have no children in Kamakura. The husband is an English school teacher of children, and one day, a mother does not come for her child. He decides to take the boy home, and he treats him with affection as if he is his real child, but it is complex for the wife to take care of a strange child. The husband is cheerful and kind character, on the other hand the wife is a delicate and nervous character. While watching this movie, I sympathize with the wife about her complex feeling. I think it is natural that she is bothered about sterility, because to be blessed with a child is one of the happiest things for a couple. However, her husband looks happy, and it is clear that he loves her. So I think they are a nice couple, and impress an audience with their family love.
Fish Out of Water (2005)
What does this movie suggest?
This is a story of man who rows boat every day, a woman who sees the man while fishing, and passengers who have no manners. In this short movie, my favorite scene is that the man rejects the boat, because it is bad to pollute the river, and his brave action makes me feel excited. Another favorite points of this movie is that this movie has no lines. This movie conveys its message by using only pictures and music. This is why we have to consider the purpose which the writes and director of this movie wants to tell us. In conclusion, this short movie has some implications, and suggests message. Why does the man row a boat every day? Why does the woman fish? What is the relationship between the title of this movie and the story? This short movie tells us important things in the present age. I want many people to watch this movie, and to consider the implications of this movie.
Father and Daughter (2000)
Warm and moving story
When a daughter is child, her father goes to somewhere alone by boat, and he never comes back. This movie describes the daughter's lifetime which she gets on with while looking for her father.
One of the features of this movie is that the picture is very simple and there is no dialogs, so we have to read the daughter's mind only from pictures and the music. The music is piano solo, and the melody is very beautiful. These directions create a warm and somewhat sad atmospheres. After watching this movie, I am reminded how precious my family is, and I think that I appreciate my family more. The most impressive scene for me is the end of the movie. This scene is so moving and had me in tears. Though this movie is very short, it reminds us of some important feeling. Therefore I want many people to watch this movie.