Kanojo no jinsei wa machigaijanai (2017)

Kanojo no jinsei wa machigaijanai: Directed by Ryuichi Hiroki. With Tamae Andô, Tokio Emoto, Ena Koshino, Kengo Kôra. Based on the novel “Kanojo no Jinsei wa Machigai ja Nai” (literal translation: Her life is not at fault) by Director Hiroki, it is a powerful story of survivors, who are all trying to find their own silver linings in life.

“u0026quot;Side Jobu0026quot; is a hard movie to digest. It deals with very depressing subject matter and with characters whose motivations and emotions arenu0026#39;t really clear to the audience. The movie is overall very subtle and very big changes are made nearly unrecognizable. The story is about a woman called Yuki from Iwaki, a town in Fukushima near the atomic power plant where the recent catastrophe happened. The woman commutes between Iwaki and Tokyo to work as a hostess on weekends without anyone knowing. She as a character is quite interesting because we dont fully understand her and it is quite a unique experience to have characters that says things that are probably not in their mind in a movie. It gives it such a realistic touch that you donu0026#39;t get to really know someone. You can just imagine what this person might think and want.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI am still not quite sure how I should look back on this movie. It definitely made me think and I appreciate it for that. It has its problems, especially the mindset of the town was covered rather one sided in my opinion and it didnu0026#39;t really go deeper beyond people being sad about losing their lost ones. Itu0026#39;s beyond its clouded surface very shallow in themes, at least in terms of the catastrophe and I think it does put a lot of emphasis around it. So all the side stories besides Yukis were in my opinion rather lackluster, but then again the main focus of the movie is clearly Yukis story.”