Okuotoko (2018)

Okuotoko: Directed by Keishi Ohtomo. With Tatsuya Fujiwara, Elaiza Ikeda, Angelo Minoru Kawajiri, Asaya Kimijima. Kazuo is down on his luck. He has had to work two jobs, pay his missing younger brother’s debts and contend with a departed wife and child. His luck seems to turn around when he wins the lottery and is an instant millionaire. He is wise to how many lottery winners and millionaires turn out unhappy and seeks the counsel of his rich friend Tsukumo. This leads to his money and friend disappearing.

“Itu0026#39;s a good u0026quot;WHAT IFu0026quot; movie, watched again after several years, it could give a different feeling.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI guess for Japanese metaphorical movies, it would be easy if the audience speaks the language or understand the culture a bit, also the transition takes a big part. In this authoru0026#39;s books, name of the characters even carry meanings. When it translates to Chinese it sort of still make sense because of the word characters are about the same, but when translation to other alphabetical words, the meaning could be gone.”