Soranin (2010)

Soranin (2010). Soranin: Directed by Takahiro Miki. With Takao Handa, Arata Iura, Kenta Kiritani, Yoichi Kondo. Meiko and Taneda are a couple graduated from university two years ago. Unhappy with their lives, Meiko quits her job and encourages Taneda to have this band become professional. They ultimately fail when their CDs are rejected by the record companies. Realizing he has to return to his menial profession and have failed in his dream, Taneda speeds through a red light on his motorcycle and dies in a traffic accident. After his death, Meiko takes over Taneda's position in the band to find the meaning of life. After performing a small gig, the plot concludes with Meiko taking up a new job and the other band members returning to their daily regimen.

“The film slavishly follows the manga, but cannot reproduce its languid graphic atmosphere, instead becoming tiresome. The characters (with the exception of the fat bass player) are also too good-looking for their parts.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the way, u0026#39;solaninu0026#39; refers to solanine — the poison found in plants of the nightshade family and, more particularly, in potatoes when they begin to go green and sprout; this is referred to in the film — although the rather poor English subtitles may not make it clear — and alludes to the gifts of vegetables sent by Meikou0026#39;s mother which are allowed to rot. (Japanese is full of words that sound like they could mean one thing but actually mean something else…)”