Jam Films

20022002
2h 2m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

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Comedy Drama Fantasy

"The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of ... Read all"The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of onions, and leads a couple to ponder their relationship. Fujio awakes from "Cold Sleep" to... Read all"The Messenger" is a mysterious woman who appears to a mobster hiding underground to tell him about his ultimate fate. A bag with a "Kendama" ball and string toy gets mixed up with a bag of onions, and leads a couple to ponder their relationship. Fujio awakes from "Cold Sleep" to find he has crashed on an unfamiliar planet with some crazy people and an attractive "new... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

548

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

175,420

32,156

Directors
- Daizaburo Hanada(segment Opening)
- Jôji Iida(segment Cold Sleep)
- Shunji Iwai(segment Arita)
Writers
- Kawato Azusa(story "Cold Sleep")
- Jôji Iida(story)
- Shunji Iwai(segment 'Arita')
Stars

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Trivia
Haruka Ayase's debut.

Connections
Followed by Jam Films 2 (2004)

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Review

Featured review

8/10

A refreshing medley

From the perspective of a foreign viewer, these Japanese short films are quite refreshing in the topic and also in the presentation.

I like "Justice" the most. I really re-entered the classroom, and put myself into the exciting game of violating our scholarly duties in classes yet trying not to be caught. There is an awesome sense of humor and a feeling of playfulness that's authentic and unfabricated. For those unfamiliar with the buruma (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulma) -- the habit delineated is very real. This is where 9 out of 10 can be given.

Arita and Pandora come next. The former is concerned with the feeling of lost and confusion in growing up, and the latter is depicting a strangely erotic yearning. These are familiar topics, but the presentations are simple and affecting.

The others four are more "commonplace" but still quite nice to see. An average of 7 out of 10 can be given.

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