No matter how many times you go back in time to try to change things if it isn't meant to be that it will never be. Seems you really can't change what is bound to happen. You just have to accept the fact that whatever is meant to be will find its way eventually. Enjoy the moment and make the most put of it, keep those memories and make sure you tell those you love how much you love them.
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Time travel is and will forever be a fantasy, physicists say. But fantasies can tell us more about human desires and dreams than discouraging facts.
This is what happens in "Kimi to 100 Kaime in Koi" the movie has no pseudoscience is totally without physical logic. The film expresses the common and eternally frustrated desire to turn back time as easily as restarting a clock, with a melodramatic script about to thrill.
In the same way the film has cinematic movements in height, its history faithfully reflects the unbearable truth that he (protagonist) must finally face, although he does not present this truth with much subtlety. And the types of literal mentality can disrupt the logical moments of the film's narrative, which is close to the "surreal" category but also clearly expresses the truth. Good movie!
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The story might seem a bit cliché, but I think it was carried out in a way that made it stand out from any other time-travel romance movie. It really hooks you in and my face flowed like a river of tears. It was just brilliant.
The acting was also pretty good, but I admit I might be biased since this had Sakaguchi Kentaro and Tanabe Seiichi.
The music was 10/10. Even though I don't really like miwa as an actress (but I guess she's also pretty new to it), I do admit is one hell of a singer. I was also surprised to hear Sakaguchi sing. There's really nothing to criticize about the song and, even though they're love songs like most other, they fit perfectly in the scenes they were inserted (they only made me cry more in the ending - just plain beautiful).
Rewatch value is low since I never rewatch anyhing.
Great movie! Recommend it to everyone!
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The heart can sense the presence of time.
The painfully beautiful love of ‘The 100th love with you’ has all the right ingredients to leave you wanting more.
The 100th Love with you.
(Kimi to 100-kaime no koi) Directed by Shô Tsukikawa.
Riku Hasegawa (Kentaro Sakaguchi) is the time master, a tall, good-looking, effortlessly competent college student in this film who exemplifies perfection to Aoi Hinata (miwa), a classmate who has known him since childhood. The director Sho Tsukikawa created the perfect painfully beautiful love story in ‘The 100th Love with you’. It is the perfect chick-flick to get those emotions going and has all the right ingredients to make any girl fall in love with film.
Riku and Aoi are also bandmates preparing for a gig at a summer festival on July 31 2017- the band’s last since Aoi will soon leave for England to study abroad. Then another band member Naoya (Ryo Ryusei), who make a awkward confession of love in public to Aoi. But she has feelings for Riku, who has already put her in the ‘Friendzone’. Another secret love attraction is Rina (Erina Mano), Aoi’s honest best friend, who is secretly in love with Naoya. Just as the film is settling into a familiar romantic-drama groove, an accident happens after the performance, and Aoi finds herself back at the story’s beginning, a week earlier, as though it was just a dream. What happened? Riku lets her in on a secret: He can reverse time. His method: a mysterious record on a seemingly ordinary turntable.
This film really leaves you with a bittersweet feeling. My one complaint would be that the female lead's (Miwa) acting wasn't consistent and at time wasn’t the best actress, but maybe that’s how the director wanted her to play or how the character was written to be. As for the director of this film, Shô Tsukikawa, I have seen one of his other films and must say he is very good at capturing and creating those romantic moments and making us girls behind the screen want to be in that moment. He won and really deserved the Japan Academy Prize for Popularity Award - Most popular film for one of his other film works. I really hope he produces another teenage romance soon.
I would say liking this film is an understatement. I loved it! The share love between Riku and Aoi could be felt throughout the whole film. The best scene I would say which was really heartfelt was when Riku was writing in his notebook. ‘Try thing that’s never been done before’ at first I didn’t think much of this quote but later on in the film I released which made my heart not only break but left me in tears. I enjoyed every second of this film and give it 5 stars as it ticked all the boxes for me.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvcjUHkzGQs
“Just enjoy this life” - Aoi Hinata
This quote really hits me hard and makes me release that what I am taking back from this story is that you only live once so live it to the fullest with who you love. I believe others would agree with me due to this amazing film. I recommend this film to all the hopeless romantics out there who are looking for another love story to put into their collection and teenage girls who are interested in Anime, drama’s and/or K-pop.
I believe you all can agree with me after seeing this film, it is beautiful. It makes you want to find ‘the one’ and never let go the way Riku tried too. It has all the right ingredients to make anyone fall in love with the story of Riku and Aoi, and the fantasy of being about to turn back time.
RATING ***** Andriette Erasmus
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Actually, this story reminded me of that time I watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and the Endless 8 episode cycle. Again, time traveling is nothing new or exciting to me. I really liked the fact that the directors decided not to loop the same scenes and show the same footage over and over again. Just like an anime, this was a beautiful summer romance story based in Japan at its most intriguing time - summer. However, the romance and the feelings between the main characters seemed very odd to me. I've been meaning to watch this movie for quite a long time since Kentaro Sakaguchi is in this, but I didn't enjoy his performance here. And the leads didn't have that strong of a chemistry. Since this is mainly a movie based on a musical story, I quite enjoyed the soundtrack and the live performances. Frankly, I don't know what to add. Probably that the story is lacking something more, a deeper meaning perhaps.
Anyway, it's a good movie. GOOD as in just regular, nothing too meaningful or unforgettable.
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I have not seen much time travelling movies but I believe this movie does not fall in the 'cliche type of movie' as this movie shows a 'realistic' side of the unrealistic/fantasy topic, highlighting that we must embrace the truth as some truths can be unbearable or hurtful.
As for the casts, I know many have been rooting for Sakaguchi Kentaro to take up a lead role and he definitely did not disappoint his fans (according to some fandom websites). For a novice like Miwa, it might be too heavy for her to take up a lead role but since the movie is focused (not heavily) on music, the casting director(s) made a neat job casting her as she is a wonderful singer, loved by all. Also, I could sense Sakaguchi Kentaro is very helpful in guiding her, perhaps the entire movie.
All the songs that are sung and played in this movie are absolutely heaven and I'd love to know all the song titles. It's almost like a musical especially the last song really stands out as it suits the scene, or even the entire story-lines. It really shows that the producers/directors thoroughly chose songs that strongly and similarly depict the story-lines of the movie.
Overall, I am very satisfied of the movie and recommend it :) [I did cry at the end because why, how can you not :) ]
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Loved the movie ?❤
The songs, the story, the lesson everything I loved it..one of the best Japanese movies ❤❤..
the actors were great too and the concept of time travel.. it was different from other movies...
I hope to watch more movies like this in my life... I really love romantic movies... I hope they make more movies like this so I can watch them with my loved ones...
Everything was great in this movie.......................
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I really liked this movie.... I do wanna watch more movies like this ❤❤
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i just didn't expect that!
i thought it's just another typical high school story but naur! it's so mind blowing, like REALLY. the casts are good, the plot is superb (super mind blowing) the songs are so EMOTIONAL DAMAGE. like wow, i cried too much. my heart's still aching. it's about fate and acceptance. we really need to cherish every moment and confess (whatta word) to never lose the opportunity. we have to spend our time with our loved ones and make it memorable. and really, most Japanese movies are so respectful to the fate. i mean, i knew what's coming in this movie but the next scenes gave me a slight hope that maybe something will change but, naur. we have to accept our fate talaga, like really. this is superb so watch it habang may panahon pa.Was this review helpful to you?
Your eyes will tear but a smile will be near
The story is not anything new or different but the way it has been portrayed in the movie leaves a deep impression in your heart.If time travel were possible, we'd all have things we want to do over, but this story tells us no matter how hard you try, you cannot change the past, you can only strive to live a better future.
The actors were really good. I feel like I lived through the movie, and the story though not new or unique had its own charm.
Idk why Japan tends to release movies that are sad even when they end on a happy note. I still love them anyway lol. However, I gotta go find a happy drama to watch now hehe.
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At first, I'm a little bit confused, whether this movie is a tragedy, a time slip, or what. But after a several backward, the point get clearer. The desperation of Riku really touched my heart. The desire to let her loved one live is really understandable. His efforts are really sweet and heartwarming.
Start with the unclear story (for me), this movie ended in a very great way. The song Aoi sang is really touched. Riku's expression when he cry fit perfectly with the song.
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Primeiramente, quem conhece meu amor pelos doramas e produções asiáticas, sabe que o que amo nessas histórias é o cuidado que eles muitas vezes tem ao abordar o romance na tela. Eu assumo que sou das antigas e, portanto, amo o enfoque no sentimento dos personagens, os gestos simples e meigos mas que transmitem igual amor e emoção pela telinha, como um beijo na bochecha ou na testa, mãos dadas, abraços por trás e afins, então por isso só o romance presente no filme me ganhou logo de cara! Junto ao clichê dos amigos de infância, acompanhamos breves cenas como a acima de Riku tocando violão e cantando para Aoi e vemos eventuais cenas em que o próprio usou da habilidade de voltar no tempo para surpreender a amiga e fazer coisas especiais em seus aniversários, então também parte de uma promessa de que ele fez à ela sobre comemorar cada data até seu centésimo ano.
Assim, mesmo por entre a faceta aparentemente distante de Riku nos primeiros minutos de filme contrastando com o jeito alegre e alto astral de Aoi, logo vemos eles se completando e sendo uma total harmonia, não apenas no âmbito musical - uma vez que, inclusive, ele a ajuda a compor as músicas da banda -, mas mais ainda numa explosão de companheirismo e respeito que muito me fez sorrir.
No entanto, a beleza do filme não para por aí porque nem só de romances se faz uma história - ainda mais uma com viagem no tempo no meio. Aliás, não é de hoje que gosto de histórias com esse pano de fundo e todo o questionamento de "e se pudéssemos voltar no tempo, o que mudaria?", então, junto ao romance, também paira entre o casal a questão sobre o dia 31 de Julho que logo voltará a chegar, e as coisas ficam ainda mais tensas quando em um desses vai e vem no tempo, o acidente acontece de fato e só é impedido de virar concreto pelo rapaz. Assim, dividido entre o romance e a fantasia, o filme também tem uma pegada intensa de drama sobre as incertezas do amanhã e que, quaisquer que seja o resultado, devemos aproveitar ao máximo o agora para que não restem arrependimentos mais tarde. É um pensamento aparentemente banal e que pode-se pensar que é algo automático e pronto, mas assistindo ao filme, mesmo que nele ganhe um sentido extra, a verdade é que é algo que continua a acontecer na realidade e que muitos acabam deixando passar por, ao só pensar no futuro, não lembrar de também dar atenção ao agora e principalmente a quem se ama, que também é uma das essências principais do amor como um todo.
E para fechar com chave de ouro, o filme ainda traz uma ótima carga musical e que, diferente do que eu pensava, não tem uma banda no contexto como mero detalhe, mas que, ao invés disso, realmente enche as cenas com músicas que não só falam o que os personagens sentem como, também, descreve a mensagem do filme praticamente de uma vez só. A começar pela música do início, com um toque animado e alegre, típico da protagonista, até se aproximar do final e trazer duas canções que me fizeram chorar como bebê e sorrir como criança ao mesmo tempo de tão lindas e cheias de significado dentro e fora da trama. A música abaixo é uma delas, chamada Aiokuri, e foi de longe a minha preferida no filme junto com a cena inteira por ser em plena apresentação do festival. É um conjunto tão lindo de cena, de momento que os personagens, cada um deles, está vivendo, e do amor ao redor do casal que é impossível ficar indiferente à cena.
Assim, faz-se um conjunto de fatores que culminaram num filme que, na minha humilde opinião, pode ser considerado uma obra de arte porque, mesmo com pouco, se diz e faz refletir sobre muito, e mesmo ao final do filme continuamos pensando sobre ele e sorrindo com os momentos lindos da trama, mesmo por entre o drama e as incertezas, mas, afinal, a vida é assim mesmo, não é? Então fiquem com essa recomendação de filme japonês que eu não esperava tanto, mas acabou sendo um muito e me conquistando demais. ??
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