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Umoregi

  • 20052005
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
295
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Umoregi (2005)
  • Drama
Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends inventing the outline of a fantasy tale. They all add an episode to this exquisite invention whi... Read allMachi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends inventing the outline of a fantasy tale. They all add an episode to this exquisite invention whilst, in parallel, the adults pursue their daily life.Machi, a young high school student from a small mountain town, is having fun with her friends inventing the outline of a fantasy tale. They all add an episode to this exquisite invention whilst, in parallel, the adults pursue their daily life.
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
295
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  • Director
    • Kôhei Oguri
  • Writers
    • Kôhei Oguri(screenplay)
    • Tsukasa Sasaki(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Mai Enoki
    • Tokie Hidari
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  • Director
    • Kôhei Oguri
  • Writers
    • Kôhei Oguri(screenplay)
    • Tsukasa Sasaki(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Mai Enoki
    • Tokie Hidari
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    • 5User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • San-chanas San-chan
    Mai Enoki
    Tokie Hidari
    Mitsuru Hirata
    Karen
    • Machias Machi
    Ittoku Kishibe
    Tomoko Nakajima
    Takashi Nishina
    Sumiko Sakamoto
    Akira Sakata
    Yoshi Sakô
    Yûko Tanaka
    Hiromitsu Tosaka
    • Tomoas Tomo
    Taka Ôkubo
    • Director
      • Kôhei Oguri
    • Writers
      • Kôhei Oguri(screenplay)
      • Tsukasa Sasaki(screenplay)
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    8/10
    The Blue-Blurry Forest
    This film contains a lot of fragment. We can't tell which one is a movie, or which one is a tale. And we don't know anymore where the main story is. I'm very exhausted while I watch it. But when the film came to an end, I was a little bit shock.

    I'm not sure that I completely get the message from The Buried Forest. In my opinion, it told us about two sides; the beauty of imagination and the cruelty of real world. Surely, I can't distinguish the fantasy scene from the real life scene. But the face of the leading actress and the music in the final scene put me through the deeply mournfulness. I think the girl finally realize that she has to come back to the real world. Possibly, the buried forest, the whale balloon, the camel are all just illusions.

    It makes me think of Haruki Murakami's quote in Sputnik Sweetheart. It said "Someday, the real world will pull us back to our old world."
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    • Nov 5, 2007

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    • Release date
      • June 25, 2005 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • The Buried Forest
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      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR

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