Narratage (film)

Narratage
Narratage
Directed by	Isao Yukisada
Written by	Anne Horiizumi
Based on	"Narratage [ja]"; by Rio Shimamoto
Produced by	Shinji Ogawa [ja]; Shunsuke Koga
Starring	Jun Matsumoto; Kasumi Arimura; Kentaro Sakaguchi; Ayaka Onishi [ja]; Yutaro Furutachi [ja]; Miki Kamioka [ja]; Ryosuke Komakine [ja]; Daichi Kaneko; Mikako Ichikawa; Kōji Seto;
Cinematography	Jun Fukumoto
Music by	Yôko Kumagai; Hidehiko Urayama
Production; companies	Pan Entertainment; Twenty Twenty Vision
Release date	7 October 2017;
Running time	140 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Narratage (Japanese: ナラタージュ) is a 2017 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Isao Yukisada, starring Jun Matsumoto, Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ayaka Onishi [ja], Yutaro Furutachi [ja], Miki Kamioka [ja], Ryosuke Komakine [ja], Daichi Kaneko, Mikako Ichikawa and Kōji Seto. It is an adaptation of the Rio Shimamoto novel Narratage [ja].

Cast

Jun Matsumoto as Takashi Hayama
Kasumi Arimura as Izumi Kudo
Kentaro Sakaguchi as Reiji Ono
Ayaka Onishi [ja] as Shio Yamada
Yutaro Furutachi [ja] as Hirofumi Kurokawa
Miki Kamioka [ja] as Yuzuko Tsukamoto
Ryosuke Komakine [ja] as Iori Kaneda
Daichi Kaneko as Kei Shindo
Mikako Ichikawa as Mizuki Hayama
Kōji Seto as Keita Miyazawa

Release

It was released in theatres in Japan on 7 October 2017.^[1]

Reception

Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that while the film is "fully in touch with its very real emotions", it "feels just a little more than it says."^[2]

Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "for all its finer accomplishments, Yukisada’s effort has probably stepped too far out of the line of ethics to find an agreeable audience."^[3]

Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film is a "mess on the storytelling front" and that it "basks in shameless sentimentality".^[4]

References

^ "松本潤　4年ぶり主演映画「ナラタージュ」公開に万感「忘れられない作品になった」". Eiga.com [ja]. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ Lodge, Guy (12 October 2017). "Busan Film Review: 'Narratage'". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ Lee, Edmund (21 March 2018). "Narratage film review: gloomy teacher-student school romance stars Jun Matsumoto and Kasumi Arimura". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^ Kerr, Elizabeth (19 October 2017). "'Narratage': Film Review | Busan 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

External links

Narratage at IMDb
Narratage at Rotten Tomatoes

[1] "松本潤　4年ぶり主演映画「ナラタージュ」公開に万感「忘れられない作品になった」". Eiga.com [ja]. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[2] Lodge, Guy (12 October 2017). "Busan Film Review: 'Narratage'". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[3] Lee, Edmund (21 March 2018). "Narratage film review: gloomy teacher-student school romance stars Jun Matsumoto and Kasumi Arimura". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

[4] Kerr, Elizabeth (19 October 2017). "'Narratage': Film Review | Busan 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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