It's about a little but amazing excursion of a little Japanese girl who lost in an illusional world existed in between the reality and the non-reality. The visual work of the film is really fant... read full review
It aims to be a likable film for everyone including children, of course, it's animation film! Why not! But it's actually surprised that it's not entirely for children. There are lots o... read full review
First all, I thought it's interesting, in terms of some aspects of post-modern economics, as we can easily apply the capitalism's systerm onto the mechanism of transforming the garbages(=the junk cars... read full review
I love this film without any pretentious to be a snobby film critic. I know that the director would have not get a certain critical acclaim due to which he is very commercialised film maker. But so what!? For t... read full review
"There is no place like home". Everyone must have heard of the sentense over and over again in relation to this film's reputation. This sentense is actually not like that simple as you ... read full review
In contrast to the title "shallow", the message the film sends is very thoughtful and insightful. It's almost a great teaching material perfect for children! It makes us wonder why we ... read full review
Aki Kaurismaki is a cult hero for me. I used to go to independent cinema theatre every Saturday night in order to see his films. It was the beginning of 1990s. I used to admire the very very pointy sh... read full review
It effectively captured the time of the youngish adult culture in the 1990s. The film is functioned as a mirror representing the culture at the time. It's about an another story of seemingl... read full review