I Wish (2011)
I Wish (2011)
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Genre: Drama
BDRip 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 5760 Kbps | 128 min | 5,35 Gb
Audio: Japanese (日本語) AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Drama
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda
Stars: Kôki Maeda (as Koki Maeda), Ohshirô Maeda, Masami Nagasawa
In Kagoshima, the boy Koichi lives with his mother Nozomi in the house of his grandparents. Koichi misses his younger brother Ryunosuke and his father Kenji, who live in Fukuoka, and he dreams of his family coming together again. One day, Koichi overhears that the energy released by two bullet trains passing by each other would grant wishes and he invites his two best friends, Tasuku and Makoto, to travel to the point of intersection of the two trains. Koichi also tells his plan to Ryunosuke that invites his three best friends to join him. Soon the seven children arrive to the meeting point in the journey of discoveries.
IMDB - 5 wins
If, as many have pointed out, Koreeda is Ozu's cinematic heir, then I Wish is Koreeda's take on Ozu's Good Morning. Both films focus on adorable young kids and Japanese family life, and I have no qualms about saying between the two films, Koreeda easily outdoes Ozu. Not only is Koreeda's depiction of children subtler and more intuitive (no fart jokes here), but he coaxes wonderfully naturalistic performances from his child actors. Is there a director alive who does better work with kids than Koreeda? The movie really takes flight once the kids hit the road on their quest, and I loved the Ozu-ish part where they meet an elderly couple that takes in all the children for a night. Just a wonderful movie with tons of heart. Puts the human in humanistic filmmaking.
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I Wish (2011)
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