This is not going to make sense until you see the film- so just go with it and see the film
Takamasa Oe, who co-wrote DRIVE MY CAR with Ryusuke Hamaguchi, strikes off on his own in a tale of loneliness and strange turns.
The film follows a young man who, after getting dumped, tries a dating app. The first date he has goes sideways and things happen, with his date disappearing. Obsessed with the young woman, he begins to track down the site specific messages she left around the city.
If that seems awkward in the telling, not to worry the Japan Cuts write up isn’t much better. This is one of those films where I can tell you what it’s about but if I do that I’m going to wreck the trip that is what the film is about. It’s a film that changes as it goes on, making you thing and feel different things all through it, including a sense, for a while, that this doesn’t seem to be working…. Which is gamble because you can’t bail on the film because what doesn’t seem to be working does eventually pull it together. Once it does pull it together it becomes a film of quiet power.
More succinctly put this is a film where the power of storytelling over comes our expectations to become something truly special.
If you love good, a typical movies, or if you loved DRIVE MY CAR, give this film a try.
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