lunch hour is a 1961 film based on a one-act play by john mortimer .

it is about a man and a woman who attempt to have an affair during their lunch hour , but are continually interrupted .

shirley anne field described it as perhaps " the most enjoyable film i 'd ever done " because the cast and crew all worked so closely together .

lunch hour

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others can do it either in the lunch hour or on their way home .
if necessary i shall run round to bond street in my lunch - hour .
it is lunch hour on one of the last shopping days before chinese new year .
they have to queue to visit the lavatory in their well - earned lunch hour .
lunch hour premiered on broadway at the ethel barrymore theatre on november 12 , 1980 .
in conjunction with the lunch hour nyc exhibition the library is offering a series of programs .
the fact that the offices are open each day in the lunch hour meets this particular problem .
now that you are here and it is lunch - hour , why not come with me .
he came up to town at the lunch - hour next day , and asked to see her .
whenever possible during the lunch - hour rush , jane stopped to smile and talk to the child .
they can then give blood on arrival , perhaps in their lunch hour , and get back to work .
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her exemptions and privileges , her patronizing remarks , formed an exhaustless subject of conversation at the lunch - hour .
staffrooms , for instance , are used during break - times , before and after school and during the lunch hour .
there might be a group of workers in the lunch hour on a building site who bring out dice and play .
lunch hour nyc tells the story of the clamor and chaos of lunchtime in new york , including the creation of school lunch and the “quick lunch” before the invention of modern - day fast food . in conjunction with lunch hour nyc , the library is hosting a series of programs about food and cooking , beginning with a teen cooking class this summer :
the company chairman now makes more money in his lunch hour than the waitress who serves him makes in a whole week .
he was required to stand outside the curtilage of the factory when presenting the case to the workers during their lunch hour .
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with a tightly focused plot telling the story of an illicit lunch - hour rendezvous in real time , lunch hour is presented here in a stunning new high definition transfer , and is accompanied by three of james hill ' s delightful , award - winning colour shorts .
there was no canteen , so workers could only clock out for their lunch hour and then simply clock back again when it was over .
today is session three of the five - week lunch - hour course , “meditation in everyday life , ” at the new york shambhala center .
lunch hour explores the national school lunch program , childhood obesity , and our addiction to unhealthy foods . it shows what schools , parents , authors , doctors , politicians , celebrities , . . . see full summary »
i would put , first , the difficulty experienced by those women who are at work and find that the shops are closed in the lunch hour .
benchley shows how to budget one ' s time during lunch hour to get things done efficiently . unfortunately , things don ' t go as planned .
in the comical , dramatic and heartfelt stageplay , lunch hour , cora jade ( jade ) shapiro has the life that most peoople only dream of . then the unthinkable happens . take your pick of what could go wrong because whatever you can think of , it ' s probably going to happen and more . lunch hour , where lunch isn ' t the only thing being served .
in honor of the exhibition , the ' wichcraft location will be selling peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for $ 3 during the run of lunch hour nyc .
my relationship with wendy lasted only as long as that play and the one we did after it , called lunch hour , which was performed in 1961 .
in daytime divas , previously announced vanessa williams stars as maxine , the creator / host of the popular talk show “the lunch hour . ” joining her as co - hosts of “the lunch hour” are tichina arnold ( survivor’s remorse ) as mo , chloe bridges ( the carrie diaries ) as kibby , camille guaty ( scorpion ) as nina and fiona gubelmann ( wilfred ) as heather . mckinley freeman ( hit the floor ) is shawn , maxine’s son and ‘the lunch hour’ producer .
to celebrate lunch hour nyc , the nypl is partnering with the new york city food truck association and bryant park to bring food trucks to the library this fall .
lunch hour nyc looks back at more than a century of new york lunches , when the city’s early power brokers invented what was yet to be called “power lunch , ” local charities established a 3 - cent school lunch , and visitors with guidebooks thronged times square to eat lunch at the automat . drawing on materials from throughout the library , the exhibition explores the ways in which new york city—work - obsessed , time - obsessed , and in love with ingenious new ways to make money—reinvented lunch in its own image .
lunch hour explores the national school lunch program , childhood obesity , and our addiction to unhealthy foods . it shows what schools , parents , authors , doctors , politicians , celebrities , and chefs are doing to problem solve this issue and help save the children of america .
i ' ve just watched
lunch hour
on the talking pictures tv channel . i really enjoyed it - quirky , as someone has said - and shirley anne field never looked more desirable .
ever wonder what ingredients went into your cafeteria lunch ? this eye - opening doc examines america ' s national school lunch program , seeking to discover the roots of the country ' s childhood obesity crisis .
lunch hour lectures are an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work taking place at ucl , in bite sized chunks . speakers are drawn from across the university , and lectures frequently showcase new research and recent academic publications . lunch hour lectures take place 13 : 10 - 13 : 55 , are free , and are open to anyone on a first - come , first - served basis . all lectures are streamed live online and can be watched by clicking on the watch lunch hour lectures online link above . lectures can also be watched from one week after the event on our youtube channel where all lectures will be subtitled .
the bfi ' s flipside label continues on its mission to expose the hidden history of british cinema , presenting a little seen film which explores changing attitudes towards sex and gender equality in 1960s britain – lunch hour .
with its tightly - focused plot , telling the story of an illicit rendezvous in real time , lunch hour is presented here in a stunning , digitally remastered transfer and is accompanied by a selection of james hill’s colourful award - winning shorts .
with a tightly - focused plot telling the story of an illicit rendezvous in real time , lunch hour is presented here in a stunning , digitally remastered transfer , and is accompanied by a selection of director james hill s colourful and award - winning short films .
a young designer and a married executive may be about to start an affair . a series of lunch hours play out the relationship .
the clamor and chaos of lunch hour in new york has been a defining feature of the city for some 150 years . visitors , newly arrived immigrants , and even longtime new yorkers are struck by the crowds , the rush , and the dizzying range of foods on offer . of the three meals that mark the american day , lunch is the one that acquired its modern identity here on the streets of new york .
robert benchley demonstrates how to use a lunch hour when one has several things to do besides eat lunch . he goes to the barbershop to get a haircut but his favorite barber is busy . he drops by a department store to exchange a shirt that was the wrong size , but when he gets there he finds he left the shirt in his office . then comes an attempt to grad a quick lunch at a drugstore counter but a man waiting behind him for his seat makes him so nervous that he leaves half his food untouched . and once back in his office he finds he has indigestion .
and author – it’s been said that the script was semi - autobiographical . in the accompanying booklet film historian sue harper points out “the sexual radicalism of lunch hour owes something to his marriage [ mortimer ] to his first wife penelope . the couple had a tumultuous relationship , and it’s possible to argue that john mortimer’s guilt about his many adulteries , provided a stimulus for lunch hour . ” the original lead in the stage play was wendy craig by whom mortimer had a son . according to harper he then actively pursued field during the production , after having offered her agent generous percentages to appear in the film .
like the doctor - counselor character , the playwright appears to be at a distance from her material . ' ' lunch hour ' ' is a false - sounding play , as unrealized as it is unreal . for consolation , we have a trio of pleasant performers who are transmitting their own spark of truth .
a young man and woman meet in a wayside hotel during lunch hour to express their love . in order to be discreet , he has fabricated a story of marriage , children , distant home , to satisfy the concierge the woman is confused when confronted with this fabrication , and as she unravels the matter in her m…
i bought this dvd for the oil company films which were shown as bbc 2 trade test transmissions in the 1960 ' s . a real nostalgia fest . i am particularly fond of ' the home made car ' . the main film ( lunch hour ) is quirky but well worth a watch with the lovely shirley anne field in the title role .
the wrong side of the park , which starred sir robert stephens and margaret leighton , was about a wife caught in a boring union who became infatuated with an attractive lodger . in lunch hour , at the criterion theatre in the west end , miss craig played a naive young typist who has an adulterous affair with her boss , played by emlyn williams .
one truck will park on the bryant park plaza at 40th street and fifth avenue , selling lunch from 11am - 3pm . we will also have dessert trucks from 4 - 7pm .
field gives a fiery performance as a young designer on the brink of an affair with a married male executive ( robert stephens ) at the company where she works . with a tightly - focused plot telling the story of an illicit lunch - hour rendezvous in ‘real - time’ , this is a stylish and highly - charged story of subterfuge , simmering tensions and sexual conflict .
lunch hour is , above all , a film about spontaneous love , its rise , its fall , and its unwanted impact on a sexually conservative culture . in part , it fails to impress , but look further than the film’s occasionally uncreative dialog and acting , into its heart . there , you will find a great oddball film , bursting with style , attitude , and , above all , love .
hear audio describer danielle linzer , manager of access and community programs at the whitney museum , and co - curator of lunch hour nyc rebecca federman , discuss some of the exhibit highlights , including : the concept and transformation of lunch in nyc over the last 150 years ; the evolution of street vendors from oysters to hot dogs ; delivery of take - out pizza and chinese food via bicycle ; and the fondly - remembered automat . the podcast , 23 : 51 in length , is written and narrated by danielle linzer , introduced and produced by lars hoel , and was conceived by fotis flevotomos and brigid cahalan . hear the podcast now .
a young man and woman meet in a wayside hotel during lunch hour to express their love . in order to be discreet , he has fabricated a story of marriage , children , distant home , to satisfy the concierge the woman is confused when confronted with this fabrication , and as she unravels the matter in her mind the enchantment of love begins to fade . the room is dilapidated , the concierge an intruding bore , and it ' s too cold to take off one ' s overcoat . the result is that she leaves at the end of the hour , never to see him again . the bloom of love is dead . in brilliant dialogue by one of england ' s best writers .
east farmingdale the arena players repertory company production of jean kerr ' s ' ' lunch hour ' ' begins , rather rudely , with a glare that produces the effect of an oncoming car flashing bright lights in your face . it is supposed to suggest the southampton sunlight pouring into a beach house , and as the evening wears on , it turns out to be but a glimmer compared to the glaring void that ' s at the center of mrs . kerr ' s play .
the story started its life as a radio play on the bbc third programme , and was later brought to the london stage in 1961 . but , none of these portrays where as interesting or original as james hill’s film version of lunch hour in 1962 . this version , produced by eyeline films , was not a huge success on its release , but has since gained the following of large cult and art - house audiences , due to its challenging narrative structure , and hidden cultural commentaries .
it is at this point that lunch hour changes tonally , introducing elements of non - linear storytelling and imagined dream sequences . the alone time this couple were desperately seeking proves to be their biggest challenge . as if the film were trying to say that , you never really know a person until you have spent time alone with them . for the film’s central relationship , this sequence is a step down , but for the film’s audience , it is here that the film majorly steps up .
colonial american mealtimes were originally based on english rural life , with a main meal known as “dinner” in the middle of the day . the word “lunch” referred to a snack that might be eaten at any time of the day or night , even on the run . but during the 19th century , under the pressures of industrialization , this meal pattern began to change . nowhere was the change more dramatic than in new york , the burgeoning center for trade , manufacturing , and finance . employees were given a fixed time for their midday meal , often a half hour or less . so , dinner was pushed to the end of the day , and lunch settled into a scheduled place on the clock between the hours of twelve and two .
aside from the film’s great and subtle technical teasing , is its successfulness in creating a satisfying mood for 60s london , and a newfound sexual revolution . lunch hour creates a local , working - class cinematic mood . it does this without looking down or up to anyone ; instead , it looks straight ahead at a certain british working - class society of the 60s , treating its characters as human beings , and never as stereotypes . because of this , a strong feeling of truthfulness is created , allowing us more leniency towards the film , and its defining messages .
if ' ' lunch hour , ' ' which is being seen here in its island debut , were being promoted as a piece of sensationalism , the blurbs could titillate into believing it ' s about ' ' wife swapping in the hamptons . ' ' a psychiatrist , who specializes in marriage counseling and is perceived by his wife as inert , repressed and uptight , analyzes relationships but remains at a distance from them . he finds out she is having an affair when her lover ' s wife - who has telephoned mysteriously and announced herself as ' ' mrs . amagansett ' ' - barges in and tells him so .
i met him earlier this year and got along very well with him . he is in his forties now and works in television production and has , funnily enough , done some writing . he met the rest of my family over lunch and got along well with them , too . we all hope to see a lot more of him .
at this point , the plot seems commonly overused . and , certain points in the film , particularly in script construction , seem lacking of real and deep emotional power . this , however , picks up dramatically , once a difficult social conflict is presented in the story , one that is a leaping point for the rest of the film . the two of them hold so much love and passion for each other , and , naturally , wish to express this . they each find themselves in positions of little privacy from the world , so decide to make a habit of meeting up during their lunch hour . however , friends , or members of the public , constantly interrupt them ; a feeling of childlike constraint is placed on them by society . they start to feel naughty , or that they are doing something wrong by showing affection in public . more than anything , the pair needs time to be alone . however , when they finally find that time , it proves not to be as pleasant or helpful as they first thought it would be .
: they can ' t spell , they can ' t type , they make 15 pounds a week , which took me the best part of my life to rise up to , and what use are they ? will you please tell me that , number two ? they sit and read their horoscopes all day , they fill their desks with wet towels and flannels and toothpaste , they bung up the toilet with tea leaves , they burst into tears if you so much as mention the fact that they ' re half an hour late . what earthly use they are , i don ' t . . .
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sir john mortimer , the celebrated playwright and author , has discovered that he has an illegitimate son from a brief but passionate affair with wendy craig , the actress , more than 40 years ago .
the result of their liaison was a boy , ross . miss craig and her husband , who already had their own son , brought him up as their own .
sir john , 81 , found out about the child only in the past year , when miss craig , now 70 , fearing that the story was about to become public , confirmed to him that the child was his .
sir john spoke yesterday about his joy at the discovery in an exclusive interview with the telegraph . he has now met ross and intends to see him again .
i am not ashamed about this and i don ' t think that my son , ross , is either ,
he said at his oxfordshire home yesterday .
sir john ' s relationship with miss craig began in 1960 when she was appearing in one of his first plays , the wrong side of the park , at the cambridge theatre in london . both the playwright , then 37 , and the 26 - year - old craig were married to other people at the time .
it was the sixties and we were all a lot more excitable then ,
said the creator of rumpole of the bailey .
wendy ended the relationship because her husband had found out about it and she hadn ' t actually felt comfortable about the situation we had got into for a while . she must have been pregnant when we broke up , but she hadn ' t told me . we didn ' t see each other after that except , maybe , later in life where we might have seen each other at public events .
he had married a writer , penelope fletcher , in 1949 and had a son and a daughter by her .
later , she became better known as the writer , penelope mortimer . miss craig had married john
jack
bentley , a trombonist , scriptwriter and journalist , in 1955 .
ross was born in 1962 , four years after alaster , the son she had had by bentley , who now works as the principal oboist for the birmingham royal ballet sinfonia .
sir john said :
i never talked to jack , but i understand he made wendy swear on oath that she would never talk about who fathered ross , and that was how it was . my understanding is that wendy had not kept it a secret from our son , and told him about it when he was old enough to understand .
i can see why wendy did what she did and i think it would be silly if i were to say now that i missed out on the chance of seeing him grow up or whatever . the fact is that i have other children and have not been deprived of the joys of fatherhood .
he said no formal dna test had been undertaken to establish paternity . he accepted that ross bentley was his son , and pointed out that he bore a striking resemblance to his actress daughter , emily mortimer .
at her home in cookham dean , berkshire , yesterday , miss craig , declined to talk about sir john or her younger son , but did not deny that the story was true .
it is just not something that i want to talk about ,
she said .
and it ' s not something i will ever want to talk about .
jack bentley died of prostate cancer in 1994 . ross , who is believed to live in london , was on holiday yesterday and could not be contacted .
both the plays on which sir john and miss craig collaborated on dealt with marriages under pressure .
miss craig went on to become a household name , appearing in television series such as butterflies and the nanny . in 1972 , she won a mother of the year poll after starring as the scatter - brained mother with a captivating smile in the hugely popular comedy series , not in front of the children .
how can i be best mum ?
she said at the time , reluctant to accept the prize .
if anyone deserves the award it ' s my mother , who looks after the boys while i ' m away .
when she appeared at the kings theatre , edinburgh , in a 2002 production of somerset maugham ' s the circle , she said of her character , whose scandalous love affair was revealed years later :
she ' s a very passionate woman . she does things on the spur of the moment and , when you think about it , she did do something really rather dreadful , but the play makes it almost heroic that she abandoned everything for love . . . she was just crazy with love and did not think it through .
ross bentley co - wrote with jack bentley the short - lived 1980s bbc television comedy series laura and disorder , in which miss craig played a liberated woman returning to britain after 10 years in america .
miss craig became a committed christian in 1984 after undergoing a mid - life crisis precipitated by the death of her beloved dog , tallis .
one of the few occasions in more recent years when miss craig and sir john saw each other was at a requiem mass for their mutual friend , the this is your life presenter eamonn andrews , at westminster cathedral in 1987 , but sir john said yesterday that he did not recall talking to her on that occasion .
after he and penelope mortimer divorced in 1971 , he married penelope gollop the following year . they have two daughters , rosie , 20 , and the actress , emily , 32 .
but her personal favourite from this era is this little known self - contained drama .
was directed by documentary filmmaker james hill who later went on to helm born free .
reviously a radio play and a theatre production , it was adapted for the screen in 1962 .
to promote the new blu - ray release shirley anne field spoke to journalist matthew sweet on bbc radio 4’s film programme . she recalled of mortimer
“john was a very wishful man and he also became all the things he wished . he wished for lovers and intrigues and divorces and marriages and lots of children . and he got it all . i don’t know how to say this but a very slight seediness in the man is part of john . he also had a very sweet side . . . for 10 years he was very closely in my life and i remember all the joy and warmth he brought to it . john had this ear for dialogue . ”
was produced by eyeline films – a small london based production company that specialised in documentary and advertising films . it was run by a group of close friends who shared a passion for quality films with a realist angle : producers anthony perry , alfred shaughnessy and directors guy hamilton and charles frend and backed by actor kenneth more . eyeline’s success allowed the company to venture into short feature films .
only received a limited release . not only was it too short for an a or b feature its content wasn’t for the mainstream either .
today the film does feel very dated but it does give us an insight into the early discontent women were experiencing in britain . it’s a brave choice for flipside but doesn’t quite have the punch that other titles in the series have had .
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an illicit lunchtime rendezvous is played out in real time in this story of subterfuge , simmering tensions and sexual conflict .
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civilized , charming , stylish . . . very warm and most amusing . . . delicately interweaves laughter and romance .
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an amiable comedy about the eternal quadrangle . . . the author ' s most entertaining play in years .
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never has jean kerr ' s wit had a keener edge or her comic sense more peaks of merriment than in this clever confection which starred gilda radner and sam waterston on broadway as a pair whose spouses are having an affair . they counter by
inventing
an affair of their own . he , ironically , is a marriage counsellor and a bit stodgy while his wife easily juggles husband , lover and mother . the other is a kook married to a wealthy man . all ends well for this daffy foursome .
civilized , charming , stylish . . . very warm and most amusing . . . delicately interweaves laughter and romance .
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an amiable comedy about the eternal quadrangle . . . the author ' s most entertaining play in years .
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the film’s plot , at first , is somewhat simple . shirley anne field plays a young woman , starting her new job at a london textile and wallpaper company . she quickly catches the eye of robert stephens’s character , an older male manager , working within the same building block . the two are unknown by name , but not by nature . we witness the pair grow closer spiritually , while a tense sexual atmosphere slowly grows between them .
as for our two main actors , shirley anne field easily steals the show , out - acting robert stephens in almost every scene they share . at first , her innocence and inexperience radiate from the screen . but , her character grows in strength as the film does , and by the end , field moves her character forward emotionally , hitting every note perfectly along the way . unfortunately , the same cannot be said of stephens . every now and then , a hint of overacting or overemphasized desperation is dropped , he does , at times , manage to keep a certain amount of warmth about his character . but , compared to field , he is simply outclassed .
for the most part , the film is , fairly conventionally made . however , smart technical tricks are used seamlessly as the film progresses . these include nicely constructed deep - focus shots , of particular note , a scene early in the film , at a park . the pair looks on curiously at a kissing couple in the background , little knowing that this situation perfectly projects the position they will later find themselves in . the film’s creative use of deep - focus allows us to gain storytelling hints and clues , which , in turn , enhances audience experience .
foreshadowing is also used to great effect during the film’s opening sequence , much like hitchcock’s strangers on a train , we are placed point of view , looking out over the front of a moving train . not only does this shot mean a great deal later in the film , the symbolization of train tracks crossing paths as they move , is much like the crossed - paths of our two main characters .
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things were changing so much in society at the start of the 1960’s , and this film makes a good effort of reflecting those social and moral changes . i have to agree that robert stephens is probably at his most comfortable on a stage in a theatre , playing shakespeare to the gallery . shirley anne field by contrast was a warm and winning young actress , who rarely gave a less than immaculate performance . best wishes from norfolk , pete .
i’d not heard of this film but your review has stirred me to look it up . i think shirley - anne field is often underrated and i can well believe that her performance overshadows that of stephens . i love robert stephens but he was often guilty of overacting !
thanks an excellent introduction to what sounds like an intriguing film . always thought that saf was under rated . regards from thom at the immortal jukebox . i look forward to more discoveries ( and no doubt some disagreements ! )
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with everyone ' s motivations telegraphed from the first scene , the doctor and the other man ' s tattletale wife plot their own pretend affair - a ruse to get their spouses back .
the playwright ' s attempt to grapple with contemporary sexuality - in the last scene there ' s a reference to ' ' a new way to solve old problems ' ' - turns out to be conventional indeed , to no one ' s surprise .
which would be just fine and dear if conclusions came out of character comprehension . but there are no real relationships here , no real romance , only a series of one - liners - which are crashingly unfunny and could just as easily be uttered by one character as another - and non sequiturs , which are presumably intended to be hip .
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carrie , the other wife , is the too , too , adorable antithesis of the other supposedly sophisitcated characters . with her ' ' kooky ' ' behavior and waif - like appearance - she drops things , wears sneakers , socks and oversized clothing and , we ' re told , still watches captain kangaroo - this creature is calculated to creep right into our hearts .
in her arena debut , edie jud crinkles up her nose and actually succeeds in being winning enough in the role without being whiny , self - conscious or too much of a gilda radner ' ' clone . ' ' ( the presence of miss radner , the direction of mike nichols and the reputation of mrs . kerr as a popular humorist all helped - separately and irrelevantly , for none were at their most inventive - to eke out a seven - month run for the play during the 1980 - 81 broadway season . if it had no such names attached , this is just the sort of tepid and tiresome sitcom that would otherwise be shrugged off as a standard one - night stand . )
the arena production , which runs through next sunday , is acceptable , barring those overly emphatic lights . sal zaccaro ' s staging is nimble enough , right down to each scene ' s feeble fade - out . the ever - attractive and svelte kate hurd gives an enormously appealing performance in the chi - chi part of the doctor ' s wife and don frame humanizes the dreary doctor . although frank brescia , carrie ' s no - account husband , who could be a vaguely amusing character , and allen mcrae as the meddlesome owner of the house ( who finally suggests a lottery to determine who should pair off with whom ) are ineffectual , there is a considerable amount of believable acting here , considering the unbelievability of mrs . kerr ' s premise and people .
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a junior executive sets up a romantic interlude with a designer . unfortunately for the two , everything that can go wrong does , and therein lies the comedy .
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chigasaki story ( ３泊４日 、 ５時の鐘 3-paku 4-ka 5-ji no kane ) is a 2014 japanese romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by takuya misawa .

haya nakazaki , ena koshino , kiki sugino , natusko hori , and juri fukushima star as guests whose lives intersect at a resort in chigasaki , kanagawa .

chigasaki story

on the second day , the mayor of chigasaki city , nobuyuki hattori greeted the audience before the screening the film chigasaki story .
yasujiro ozu fans take note : chigasaki story unfolds in the very seaside inn where the japanese auteur lived for half a year and conceived of tokyo story and late spring .
nursery centers in chigasaki - shi gather . it is perfect opportunity when we can hear story of plural nursery centers .
last year , they made sure their superlative indie hit chigasaki story was screening with english subs in local theaters ; they’re doing the same with their new film , the directing debut of indie queen kiki sugino , executive producer and star of chigasaki story .
“the story of our home” – 2016 pyongyang film review the north korean film
the story of our home
( 우리 집 이야기 ) is loosely based on the true story of the country ' s
girl mother .
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( l - r ) kiki sugino as maki and ena koshino as karin in takuya misawa’s “chigasaki story . ” ( still courtesy of the singapore international film festival )
ironically expressed love story of ３ men and 4 women in the beach , suburb of tokyo .
the story takes place in chigasaki city , where there’s an inn called “chigasakikan” which the famous japanese film director named yasuji ozu stayed regularly to write the script . it is a humorous love story of 7 young men and women , which also depicts the lives of young generation .
karin ( ena koshino ) and maki ( kiki sugino ) visited the chigasaki kan to attend the wedding of the eldest daughter of chigasaki kan , who is also their old colleague .
we also mentioned that chigasaki story is set in the beautiful 115 - year - old chigasaki inn near shonan beach , the actual retreat where ozu wrote some of his greatest works , including late spring ( 1949 ) , early summer ( 1951 ) and the masterpiece tokyo story ( 1953 ) . and we highlighted the director’s use of frames - within - frames and “pillow shot” interludes eliding time , favorite ozu devices .
born in 1987 , takuya misawa studies at the japanese film institue . he worked on the production of koji fukada’s film hotori no sakuko . chigasaki story , his first film , was presented at the rotterdam festival in 2015 .
we are from chigasaki , the sister city of honolulu . chigasaki is blessed with rich nature and people who live in chigasaki can enjoy the customs and cultures that are similar to the ones in honolulu , such as surfing and hula . we would like to deepen our friendship with honolulu and keep exchanging cultures for our children of the future .
after premiering at the 2014 singapore international film festival , and acclaimed screenings at festivals in rotterdam , beijing and helsinki , first - time filmmaker takuya misawa’s chigasaki story finally hits tokyo theaters — and just in time to cure our late - summer blahs .
the city of honolulu and chigasaki city signed a sister - city agreement 2 years ago . some may wonder why ?
the scenery , atmosphere and human empathy of chigasaki city was surely depicted on the silver screen which reminded of hawaii .
we are from chigasaki ( japan ) , the sister city of honolulu . chigasaki is blessed with rich nature and people who live in chigasaki can enjoy the customs and cultures that are similar to the ones in honolulu , such as surfing and hula . we would like to deepen our friendship with honolulu and keep exchanging cultures for our children of the future .
her real name was not chiharu chigasaki , but sakura honjou . sakura was the only daughter of the obscenely rich honjou family .
that ' s what i call a plot twist
agreed , shirase . rather , that ' s what i call inconceivable story telling . urltoken
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
scripted and directed by first - timer takuya misawa , a chigasaki native who worked as an assistant on two films directed by frequent wa entertainment collaborator sugino , “chigasaki story” is more than the sum of its winking gags . in everything from the setting — an old - fashioned inn used by yasujiro ozu to script eight of his films — to the erotic tensions roiling beneath the smiling surface , the film aims more for actuality than frothy romcom artifice .
the baby , so he decided to raise her as his daughter instead . that ' s how sakura honjou became the chiharu chigasaki we know .
it is opportunity when we can confirm plural nursery centers in chigasaki - shi at a time ! resumes are free to do unnecessary , clothes and are free to do entrance and exit . you come casually , and please know nursery center of chigasaki - shi ! we look forward to participation .
kouji chigasaki heard the news about that and realized he would get no honjou money in this state . it would be dangerous to try to return +
after what will surely be a successful theatrical run for chigasaki story , misawa’s next milestone will be film school graduation next spring , but he is already working on several new scripts . it’s not often that a first feature feels like a mid - career high mark , and we can’t wait to see what he directs next .
yasujiro ozu gets both an homage and an update in “chigasaki story , ” a delightful film that combines breezily effervescent comedy with more poignant notes . it is a remarkable debut feature by the young director takuya misawa , as well as the latest in an impressive line of modestly budgeted – but far more than modestly talented – independent films shepherded by actress - producer kiki sugino , who also delivers a fine performance in this film . ( “chigasaki story , ” interestingly , has quite a bit in common with “au revoir l’été , ” another recent , and quite lovely , film sugino also produced and starred in , which also covers a vacation sojourn in picturesque surroundings . )
itaru chigasaki ( everyones fave for some reason ? ? ) i love him he has such nice hair and a voice thats really suitable for his character .
however , when sakura was 6 months old , she was kidnapped by kouji chigasaki . her real father , kei honjou , rushed to the ransom delivery +
this is chigasaki city of kanagawa prefecture , which became a sister city of honolulu since october , 2014 . honolulu and chigasaki have similar climate and cultures such as great nature , surfing and hula . we would like to deepen our relationship with honolulu city and pass down this great relationship to our future generations .
the film’s production company , wa entertainment , has now made another rohmer - esque ensemble drama , “san - paku yokka go - ji no kane” ( “chigasaki story” ) , but as indicated in the japanese title — which translates roughly as “three nights , four days , five o’clock bell” ) — one more in tune with local realities .
the mayor hattori explained “chigasaki city used to be an agricultural and fishing village where there were only a few residences . however , the temperament and the atmosphere of the city have been embraced to warmly welcoming the stranger , which is similar to honolulu . the director takuya misawa successfully depicted the attractiveness of chigasaki city” .
the actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
after playing at major film festivals around the globe for the past 10 months , scooping up the best screenplay award in the future forward section of the beijing film festival , and earning accolades for being such a congenial homage to yasujiro ozu , chigasaki story finally arrived at fccj for a sneak preview ahead of its theatrical debut in tokyo over the weekend .
with an obvious respect for its lineage , “chigasaki story” may tilt into overly self - conscious territory , but it’s refreshing to see a post - modern , self - referential film that is highly aware of film history . it is definitely of a piece , with a consistent approach throughout . though not entirely successful , but just the attempt itself is impressive . [ b - ]
please connect with chigasaki - shi government office nursery section ( 0467 - 82 - 1111 ) . tell the staff about attendance seat of full name , part 1 and part 2 .
so there were some surprises in store during the q & a session after the screening , when first - time feature director takuya misawa was asked whether he’d planned to pay homage to the classic master from the beginning . “we didn’t actually set out to make a story about the chigasaki inn , ” he admitted . “that only came about later in the production process . the original script stipulated ‘an inn’ for the location , and it wasn’t until we went location hunting and found the chigasaki inn , which luckily gave us the okay to shoot , that we made changes to the script so it was set there . ”
for the kids in the audience , a movie like this will work because it tells a fun story , contains a lot of humor , and is exciting to watch . older viewers may be even more absorbed , because
toy story ,
the first feature made entirely by computer , achieves a three - dimensional reality and freedom of movement that is liberating and new . the more you know about how the movie was made , the more you respect it .
director takuya misawa is clearly a cinephile , and his directorial debut , “ chigasaki story , ” was a fine selection to follow the tribute to japanese cinema at the marrakech film festival , as the film’s title is a direct reference to the legendary yasujiro ozu’s “ tokyo story . ” there is even direct reference to the auteur , as the seaside resort where the film takes place is described as the location where ozu would hole up to do his writing . and because it takes place in a hotel , it’s impossible to not draw comparison to renoir’s “ la règle du jeu , ” and the associations don’t stop at the location : the film is rife with make ups , break ups , miscommunications and misunderstandings among the denizens .
“ chigasaki story ” strives to achieve a sort of arch , quirky tone , somewhere between wes anderson and woody allen , but it comes off as rather stiff and awkward ( for example , maki’s drunken face - plant in the sand or tomoharu’s stiff posture and tendency to sprint from place to place ) . elements like little dramas play out over ping pong games shot in unbroken lateral wide shots , and reactions performed in a hyper - stylized way lend to the stilted feel of the piece .
anyways thats it to this blog and i do hope you get this game because the story and cg ' s are very neat . maybe one day there will be an anime for it like idolish7 : ' ) ( doubt it but hey theres always hope ! )
as indicated by the film’s japanese title , their holiday is typically brief . even so , much transpires in the course of their four - day break , which is marked with the daily 5 p . m . blaring of the folk song “aka tombo” ( “red dragonfly” ) from a loudspeaker . but as the film’s romantic roundelay unfolded , accompanied by comic bits and catchy old - time jazz , i began to think “chigasaki story” was channeling not only rohmer , but also woody allen in his lighter moods .
the film was directed by takuya misawa , who is a rookie film director that hopes to spread the words about chigasaki city in which he chose chigasakikan as his filming location . his love for the city is apparent throughout his work .
chigasaki is one of honolulu’s sister cities , where its stunning nature , hula and surf culture have a lot in common with honolulu . we would like to foster our friendship with honolulu , and engage in cultural exchange for future generations .
“chigasaki story” also benefits greatly from its excellent cast , beginning with sugino , who wonderfully conveys how maki’s initially stiff , uptight - seeming demeanor masks a deep passion and yearning awakened by an unexpected visitor from her past . koshino , as maki’s coworker karin , also impresses as the sassy , flirtatious counterpart – and often antagonist – to maki . nakazaki and fukushima also beautifully play their quiet and shy characters , whose fraught yet largely unspoken relationship is but one of the wonderfully rendered narrative strands of this lovely film .
a japanese seaside resort at the end of august . a class of archaeology students lands in a youth hostel . the tall and shy tomoharu , a devoted seasonal worker , is put in charge of taking care of the group and guiding them to the local sites . if his classmate , the sweet ayako , has fallen for him and his diligent heart , his own heart seems to favour karin , a trendy and brazen woman who has come to the hostel with her colleague , the elegant maki , to celebrate a bachelorette party . filmed in the house where yasujiro ozu wrote tokyo story and late spring , chigasaki story weaves a delicate and colourful narrative filled with love games , the complex combinations of which allow the characters to be progressively revealed to themselves and to each other . ( mathieu macheret )
director misawa , who also penned the excellent screenplay that subtly maps out the intricate web of relations between the characters , and which beautifully conveys the lives they lead beyond the span of the brief time period the film covers , has created far more than a slavish homage to ozu . “chigasaki story” possesses unique charms all its own , taking full advantage of the visual beauty of its resort setting – kudos to the evocative work by cinematographer shogo ueno – that forms a vibrant backdrop to the compelling comedy and drama on display .
that it does , though in contrast to the many local movies that regard women as passive objects of male desire , the sexual initiative in “chigasaki story” belongs almost solely to its female principals . and though its romantic conflicts initially unfold through significant glances and silent gestures , when emotions erupt , it’s always a woman doing the dishing out . this , i think , is less a feminist statement than the simple truth of how the sexual game is often played here , especially when the quarry is a shy , inexperienced boy or a guy seemingly oblivious to everything but work .
the mayor hattori took a picture with the city’s mascot called “eboshimaro” . the hat of the mascot representing the chinaman’s hat in hawaii . also , there is a rock that is similar to the chinaman’s hat called “eboshi - iwa” in chigasaki city which is another interesting coincidence .
the closest station to mokichi foods garden is jr chigasaki that is located on the tokaido line and also the sagami line , though that is a local country line through the countryside with one or two trains an hour . it’s about a ten minute walk from the north exit .
workmates karin ( ena koshino ) and maki ( kiki sugino ) have come to the beach resort of chigasaki , kanagawa prefecture , to attend the wedding party of risa ( natsuko hori ) , a former colleague who is now helping run her family’s 115 - year - old inn .
tomoharu ( haya nakazaki ) works at a traditional japanese inn ( chigasaki ) . he works with karin ( ena koshino ) and maki ( kiki sugino ) . risa ( natsuko hori ) , the daughter of the inn ' s owner , is set to have a wedding in 3 days .
set in the 115 - year - old chigasaki inn near shonan beach — the actual retreat where ozu wrote some of his greatest works , including “late spring” ( 1949 ) , “early summer” ( 1951 ) and the masterpiece “tokyo story” ( 1953 ) — the story begins with the innkeeper , risa ( natsuko hori ) , who is hosting a group of archaeology students led by prof . kondo ( satoshi nikaido ) , and awaiting the arrival of her former airline colleagues karin ( ena koshino ) and maki ( a deliciously unpleasant sugino ) . they’re coming to attend risa’s wedding party , which is being held several weeks after the actual ceremony in hawaii ( another ozu touch : an offscreen wedding ) . risa’s staff includes the shy student tomoharu ( haya nakazaki ) , who immediately attracts the attentions of the flirty , long - legged karin . tomoharu is also the object of fellow student ayako’s ( juri fukushima ) secret affections , and he ping - pongs between the two women without noticing their increasing jealousy .
the next day , maki finally released her anger on karin , because of her continuous selfishness . however , running in to kondo ( satoshi nikaido ) , the professor leading the seminar lodging trip to chigasaki kan , blew off the irritation instantly . kondo was the teacher who maki liked during her school days .
this power of the past emerges as a major theme of “chigasaki story . ” past events that have occurred offscreen very much inform the action that unfolds within the film’s three - day time span , bracketed by the wedding of risa ( natsuko hori ) – the chigasaki inn owner’s daughter – and the wedding party that awaits the arrival of risa’s newlywed husband’s return from hawaii , where the wedding took place . the past also figures prominently in the profession of archaeology , the practice of which we witness during the film . the other guests at the inn include a group of archaeology students on a field trip to chigasaki , where they are on an expedition to gather shards of earthenware , which they will attempt to mend together to reconstruct the pottery which constituted their original forms . three of the film’s major characters are connected to archaeology : tomoharu , who is part of the archaeology class in addition to his duties as inn caretaker , as well as his classmate ayako ( juri fukushima ) , who silently admires him but can’t quite bring herself to be fully open about her feelings for him . maki also studied archaeology in college , a fact that will figure in a major plot strand that emerges later in the film , during which she will attempt to reconstruct her past emotionally , just as the archaeology students try to reconstruct the physical objects that they’ve excavated .
traditionally , the sister cities of honolulu were been selected upon historical ties to hawaii . despite of it , chigasaki city was chosen because it shares mutual cultural values , which we hope for the audience to see on the screen . the present mayor of honolulu also agreed and said that the shared cultures and values are the reason behind the signed agreement .
seeing
toy story ,
i felt some of the same exhilaration i felt during
who framed roger rabbit .
both movies take apart the universe of cinematic visuals , and put it back together again , allowing us to see in a new way .
toy story
is not as inventive in its plotting or as clever in its wit as
rabbit
or such disney animated films as
beauty and the beast
; it ' s pretty much a buddy movie transplanted to new terrain . its best pleasures are for the eyes . but what pleasures they are ! watching the film , i felt i was in at the dawn of a new era of movie animation , which draws on the best of cartoons and reality , creating a world somewhere in between , where space not only bends but snaps , crackles and pops .
mokichi foods garden ( not to be confused with mokichi trattoria in kagawa , or mokichi craft beer in fujisawa - though if you did it wouldn’t be the end of the world ) can be found in chigasaki , kanagawa - just one stop on the train if you’re me , or 30 minutes from yokohama on the tokaido line if you’re not me ( and most of you aren’t ) .
the film’s considerable debt to ozu in both its cinematic style and setting is made explicit in an early scene in which tomoharu ( haya nakazaki ) , a caretaker at an inn in the seaside town of chigasaki , where the film takes place , tells two of the inn’s guests – co - workers maki ( kiki sugino ) and karin ( ena koshino ) – about the history of the inn . tomoharu tells them that they are staying in the same room where ozu wrote some of his classic films such as “tokyo story” ( which this film directly evokes with its english title ) . in fact , there are still marks on the ceiling left by the oil burner ozu used in the room . this detail symbolizes the fact that this inn and its surroundings exist in an environment where the past is very much tied to , and exerts great influence on , the present .
mankai company haven ' t been paying the money they owe to the yakuza ( criminal organization - similar to a mafia ) which have payed for them when they didn ' t get any income . due to the company not being able to pay off the yakuza , they are being threaten to bulldoze the whole building . izumi tachibana the heroine of the whole story was received a letter and thought it had something to do with her father . she makes her way to the theater to help it out hoping to receive answers when becoming it ' s director .
misawa takuya is a young filmmaker ( 1987 ) who hasn’t even yet graduated from the japan institute of the moving image , but his film breathes nostalgia for the history of cinema . in chigasaki story , so much colour has been bled from the image that the film could be remembered as black - and - white , even though it wasn’t shot in black - and - white . the film has an extremely light touch and doesn’t stick to a single predominant narrative line . during a weekend , students and lecturers come together for a wedding . this takes place in chigasakikan hotel , where the film master ozu yasujiro retired to write his screenplays . it’s not that the director simply follows on from ozu ; he also seems to have taken a good look at playful french classics . repressed and occasionally open irritations and infatuations , old and new , flare up between the various characters in the hotel . kiki sugino , who was in the tiger awards jury at the festival last year , produced the film and plays a minor role as a teacher .
toy story
creates a universe out of a couple of kid ' s bedrooms , a gas station , and a stretch of suburban highway . its heroes are toys , which come to life when nobody is watching . its conflict is between an old - fashioned cowboy who has always been a little boy ' s favorite toy , and the new space ranger who may replace him . the villain is the mean kid next door who takes toys apart and puts them back together again in macabre combinations . and the result is a visionary roller - coaster ride of a movie .
forma directed by the kumamoto born ayumi sakamoto , forma took 6 years to complete . screened at the national museum of singapore , the film tells the story of ayako who coincidentally bumps into her former classmate yukari and offers her a job . accepting ayako’s offer , yukari finds herself reporting to her former classmate who soon makes her life utterly miserable . the film’s skilfully constructed plotline is expertly weaved through the characters and their dialogue . packed with tension , ayumi sakamoto rewards the audience with an unforgettable movie and keeps us hanging on with her plot and unexpected surprise in the middle of the film .
mokichi foods garden is a great , noisy , family - friendly ( and smoke - free ) place to go and have a load of lovely shonan beer and pizzas . it’s not for the softly - spoken or people who want to be able to hear the yeast farting in the back room , but it is a fun dining and boozing experience in a unique building that is a curious mix of old showa style and postmodern hipstery portland aesthetic ( but without the irony or pretension ) . this place is a definite recommendation from beertengoku , and can be formed up voltron - style with gold’n bub and beer cafe hopman for a chigasaki beer crawl .
after an audience member praised him for the film’s dialogue , misawa admitted that he’s always eavesdropping on conversations in family restaurants , since they’re a good source of chit - chat , and he paid tribute to the improvisatory skills of his actors , hinting that several of the scenes were heavily ad libbed . as for the catchy score , he explained : “the music came about during post - production . i did try matching the visuals with classical music , but i ultimately chose to use jazz , which woody allen does . he uses ragtime , which arrived early in jazz history . it came on the scene around the time that the chigasaki inn started business , and i thought that was relevant , as well . ”
yes , this almost turned into another joe gets lost story . almost , but not quite . why does this massive building have such poor access ? i’ll tell you . mokichi foods garden is located in a former barley mill , which started operation before the second world war . as most buildings in japan either aren’t built to last , or end up getting destroyed by natural disaster or the war , there are very few buildings standing that are more than fifty or sixty years old in this area . most of the area around the restaurant building has been alternatively concreted , car parked or apartmented . as a result , what once was probably a direct road from station to mill has been jigsawed into a jumble of backroads and houses . i also think the barley mill might be the oldest building in the area ( mokichi trattoria is similarly located in a 450 - year old former residence - i love that kumazawa brewing has an aesthetic that they’re adhering to ) .
risa ( natsuko hori ) has taken up temporary residence in the casual inn in order to prep for her wedding celebration ( the groom is en route ) . her work pals karin ( ena koshino ) and maki ( kiki sugino ) arrive in short order , the two complete opposites ( karin is ditzy and sexy , while maki is tightly wound ) . also at the hotel are a group of students on a research trip , and hapless , nerdy worker tomoharu ( haya nakazaki ) , whose head is set spinning by the attentions of the various ladies .
of course , relationships quickly crack under the tension of being under one roof , with the trio of friends competing for various attentions and becoming annoyed with one another , and tomoharu torn between an admiring student and the flirtations of karin . to add to the complications , the teacher leading the research trip has a history with maki , and possibly something going on with the newlywed .
unfortunately , due to the tone and performance style , and because most of the characters aren’t very likable , there’s no investment in any one journey , and therefore the film falls flat . perhaps it’s lost in translation , but the jokes miss too , and it never executes the quirky rom - com vibe it goes for . though it ends up sweet , the lead up is sour .
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koji fukada’s 2013 beach film “hotori no sakuko” ( “au revoir l’ete” ) was a loving homage to french master eric rohmer , with lengthy european - style vacations bestowed on fukada’s japanese protagonists .
soon after she arrives , the free - spirited karin casually sets out to seduce tomoharu ( haya nakazaki ) , a college boy working at the inn . the older , more conservative maki sternly disapproves of this flirting , and flies into a rage when karin impulsively goes for a walk with an unwitting tomoharu instead of meeting for a planned visit to a local aquarium . but after maki runs into her former archaeology teacher ( satoshi nikaido ) , she signals an interest in this ruggedly handsome guy that goes beyond reliving her now distant college days .
another complication arrives in the form of ayako ( juri fukushima ) , a sweet - tempered student who has a crush on classmate tomoharu and is quietly upset by karin’s transparent ( at least to her eyes ) designs .
then there is kota ( shuntaro yanagi ) , risa’s gangly surfer brother , who can look beyond social niceties to inner realities , and risa herself , who seems happy as a new wife and innkeeper but shows signs of envying karin and maki’s freedom . and her foreign husband is nowhere in sight . as the old johnny mercer song says , something’s gotta give .
proactive does not always mean attractive in the film’s beachside bubble : voices are loudly raised and feelings brutally hurt . for all its ozu associations , the film has melodramatic moments that ozu himself would have scripted out .
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as soon as they arrived , free - spirited karin trifled with tomoharu ( haya nakazaki ) , the university student who works as a part timer . but serious maki reproved her behavior . karin and maki’s relationship were incompatible by nature .
ayako ( juri fukushima ) , the university student who secretly loves tomoharu , and risa’s younger brother kota ( shuntaro yanagi ) , joining in the group gradually began to complexly entangle the emotion of the characters .
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behind by just four points at the half , the mystics ( 10 - 6 ) managed to tie the phoenix mercury ( 13 - 5 ) three times but eventually lost by 10 .
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centred around three people’s liberation army dance troupe members as they live through ‘70s and ‘80s china , “youth” ( 芳华 ) is the latest from feng xiaogang .
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the only actor that was there at first was sakuya sakuma who just joined the theater a day before . izumi tachibana wants to make a strike back on making the company a success by having to scout 4 more boys to make a troupe . when all 5 come together to form the spring troupe , they do there best to perform a play called romeo and julius . there are three other troupes in the whole game that come together inspired .
there is a rival theater called the god座 they hold hatred towards the theater but even more hatred towards tachibanas father . the more you read the storyline the more interesting it is .
this game reminds me of ensemble stars . you can literally love all the characters . they ' re all so great . i have a hard time loving just one person that i have to have three faves ; v ;
out of all the troupes spring troupe is my personal fave . it holds a group of characters that have really different personalities . theres a worrywart , sunshine boy , gloomy sun , gentlemen and another cryptic guy lmao . there really all so unique . my fave three though has to be
now as much as i want to continue talking bout those guys i will include that this game isn ' t just some actors / idol game if it didnt concern itself with some otome . otome is a important topic i have to include in this cause it is what brought me towards this game haha .
as seen in the dialog above . masumi here wants to take it slow t ^ t
as a matter a fact it has alot more otome kinda gameplay then idolish7 . the heroine has a very important role in the plot .
my favorite thing about it concerning itself with the heroine more is theres a ton of fanart with tachibana in it . and when i say a ton i mean a ton . : ' ) ) ) : heart : as much as i love idolish7 there just isn ' t enough art with the heroine in it : /
the cg ' s are very nice to look at . for example seeing these dorks having fun and teasing each other . it is the legit cutest thing . vvvvv
the platform to the game is also pretty easy to handle but i am still confused on what to do every so often , just like every character collection game though . getting those ssr ' s is the best feeling : two _ hearts : : ok _ hand : 🏻
i love this game really much ! ~ and when they are chibi ' s with cute voice especially the joker or whatever he is .
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this was not supposed to happen . why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? why ? it can ' t be . hime - sama should never be able to lose .
on the plus side , hime ' s not bad to watch at all . urltoken
also , i ' m now agreeing with the characters . the executions are just cg . urltoken
i decided to listen to hime ' s song today as mourning and the youtube comments were all spamming
闇は深い
( the darkness is deep ) .
normally that would get me hyped for her backstory , but i can ' t take that line seriously because it reminds me too much of
動機は深い
.
動機は深い
means
motives are deep
, or as the localization put it ,
motives are complex
.
challenge 4 is something completely different . after a little bit of exploration , we would have a popularity vote .
at first i was worried , but then i looked at my fan count and realized i ' m basically invincible . urltoken
surprisingly enough , ren voted for me . ( i know it was her because rito hates my guts ) . urltoken
but it turns out the challenge was not over after ren ' s execution . there was another voting round , but the opposite of the first .
we had to vote for who want to lose . luckily shirase is still here and still loves me . rito ' s loss was a given .
as much as i dislike as i dislike rito , i got admit her execution was really good . i wasn ' t expecting this kind of emotional death .
down to her last moments , all she could think of was about her love for ayaka . urltoken
then he starts than about her secret past , that even she didn ' t know about . turns out chiharu ' s backstory makes no sense at all .
without even calling the police , but he died in a car accident halfway through and couldn ' t deliver the ransom money .
now here ' s the part that doesn ' t make sense : chiharu lived a perfectly happy and healthy live with a loving family . exactly , her kidnappers .
shirase feels kinda chuuni with all her talk about being reborn and revenge . her route sounds fun . urltoken
doripaku shows the corpse bags to prove that all death lives were in fact real . how does our heroic protagonist chiharu will react ?
remember in danganronpa , where no wants things to go monokuma ' s way ? that resistance is simply non - existent here .
i performed horribly , but my fan count was so high that shirase didn ' t stand a chance anyway . urltoken
after shirase ' s execution , doripaku congratulates me for becoming his perfect complete idol who overcomes any and every despair . urltoken
chiharu hears the police sirens , making her realize everything doripaku said was real . she also has to ask her parents about her kidnapping .
of course they wouldn ' t reveal the mastermind ' s identity in the first route , but was expecting at least a cliffhanger twist for the climax .
well , that was it for chiharu ' s route . as we have 6 girls left , when i get home i ' ll roll my die to choose the next one .
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sanpaku yokka goji no kane 3泊4日、5時の鐘 directed by takuya misawa ( 三澤拓哉 ) japanese with english subtitles | 89 mins venue : k ' s cinema shinjuku | sept . 19 - 25 , 2015 : 21 : 00 , sept . 26 - oct . 16 : 18 : 00 trailer : sanpaku yokka goji no kane official website : urltoken tariff : general : ￥1 , 800 , student : ￥1 , 400 , senior : ￥1 , 200 , h . s . student : ￥800 , junior high student and under : ￥500 advance tickets : ￥1 , 300
this remarkable debut is an avowed tribute to japanese master yasujiro ozu , from its setting in a small seaside town , to its visual homages ( trains coming and going , frames - within - frames and “pillow shot” interludes eliding time ) , its deceptively complex narrative of friends old and new , and its bouncy score ( which also recalls woody allen ) . an effervescent comedy of manners , misawa’s tale is infused with light , bright sentiments and mellow - drama , anchored by a charming young cast . that cast is led by indie queen kiki sugino , who also executive produced .
also jealous is the uptight maki , who finds her younger colleague’s behavior inexcusable and decides to retaliate by going after kondo , with whom she had studied eight years earlier . but the professor has someone else in mind , and all these petty feuds and flirtations finally erupt on the eve of risa’s hawaiian - themed wedding party , with some surprises in store .
it’s not often that a first feature feels like a mid - career high mark , and we can’t wait to see what misawa directs next .
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whimsical film in which students and teachers come together during a weekend for a wedding . the film flutters back and forth between the various characters and their feelings until the wedding starts . shot in the old beach hotel where the great ozu wrote his screenplays .
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the producer and director share one of many laughs during the q & a session .
our announcement had trumpeted : “there’s nothing like an effervescent comedy of manners to cure the late - summer blahs… inspired both visually and musically by yasujiro ozu ( with a little woody allen thrown in ) , the tale is infused with light , bright sentiments and low - key mellow - drama , anchored by a charming young cast . ”
misawa had assisted sugino on two prior films , the extent of his apprenticeship before taking the directorial reigns himself .
then came the kicker : “i wasn’t necessarily trying to pay homage to ozu while we were shooting . but during the editing process , i started feeling that it seemed a bit like an ozu film . so i made some changes to certain scenes to improve [ the similarities ] , but without deconstructing what i set out to do . some of the ‘pillow’ scenic shots were filmed during post - production . ”
a young japanese man in the audience noted that he found the film to be more like an eric rohmer or a woody allen work , and misawa was pleased : “one of my favorite directors is woody allen , especially the way his characters aren’t quite what they seem . ”
as critic derek elley earlier noted , “this type of film is much more difficult to pull off than it seems , but misawa shows a remarkable assurance in both writing and direction , helped by an expertly picked cast . ” he was also helped by wa entertainment , a boutique production - distribution company that hired him as an intern in 2012 . he served as sugino’s producing assistant on the koji fukada comedy au revoir l’ete ( which we screened at fccj in january 2014 ) , and then served as her assistant director when she made her indonesia - set film taksu last year .