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Everest: The Summit of the Gods

Original title: Everesuto: Kamigami no itadaki
  • 20162016
  • 2h 3m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
228
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POPULARITY
108,383
6,657
Hiroshi Abe and Jun'ichi Okada in Everest: The Summit of the Gods (2016)
AdventureDrama
A Japanese journalist decides to climb Mount Everest.A Japanese journalist decides to climb Mount Everest.A Japanese journalist decides to climb Mount Everest.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
228
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
108,383
6,657
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    • Director
      • Hideyuki Hirayama
    • Writers
      • Baku Yumemakura(based on the novel by)
      • Masato Katô(screenplay)
      • Jirô Taniguchi(manga)
    • Stars
      • Jun'ichi Okada
      • Hiroshi Abe
      • Pierre Taki
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    • Director
      • Hideyuki Hirayama
    • Writers
      • Baku Yumemakura(based on the novel by)
      • Masato Katô(screenplay)
      • Jirô Taniguchi(manga)
    • Stars
      • Jun'ichi Okada
      • Hiroshi Abe
      • Pierre Taki
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    • 1User review
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Jun'ichi Okada
    Jun'ichi Okada
    • Fukamachi Makoto
    Hiroshi Abe
    Hiroshi Abe
    • Joji Habu
    Pierre Taki
    Pierre Taki
    • Miyakawa
    Shunsuke Kazama
    Shunsuke Kazama
    • Buntaro Kishi
    Thilen Lhondup
    Thilen Lhondup
    • Ang Tzelin
    Takashi Yamanaka
    Takashi Yamanaka
    • Saitou
    Sergey Kuvaev
    Sergey Kuvaev
    • Andrew Irvine
    Kuranosuke Sasaki
    Kuranosuke Sasaki
    • Wataru Hase
    Dennis Falt
    • Mark Townsend, mountain climber
    Masahiro Kômoto
    Masahiro Kômoto
    • Inoue
    Machiko Ono
    Machiko Ono
    • Kishi
    Yasunari Takeshima
    Yasunari Takeshima
    • Habu's Partner
    • Director
      • Hideyuki Hirayama
    • Writers
      • Baku Yumemakura(based on the novel by)
      • Masato Katô(screenplay)
      • Jirô Taniguchi(manga)
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    • Trivia
      This is the first Japanese film to shoot on Mount Everest.
    • Connections
      Version of The Summit of the Gods (2021)
    • Soundtracks
      La folia
      Composed by Arcangelo Corelli

      At a coffee shop

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    8/10
    Well staged chamber movie
    I should outline this title apart from other movies on the topic. First of all it was generally well on actors chosen. I liked the atmosphere of the story and how the novel plot was carefully treated. For a long period of time I haven't seen a good chamber story about the mountain climbers. With due respect to the personalities. This is not neither ambitions blockbuster, nor the attempt to admire the view by visuals as much of the Hollywood films tend to do. To say for myself - my farther was a critic for the film, as he is concerned for this sport for the whole-life period. And even though the story seems to be mystical: not specially trained photographer follows step by step the qualified climber in his summit attempt, my farther haven't find this fact naive or impossible. Much of the success in this sport depends mainly on the personal qualities, self confidence, the purpose: not just reach the pick, but to follow the ideals, etc. What I mostly liked in this movie is the cast and play of the main actors. I liked Okada and Hiroshy. They just show, that Japanese actors can play deep and thoughtfully. And they as nobody suits to perform as strong persons. I gave them 10 from 10, especially for Okada, in the scenes after he returned to the ordinary life after the first summit attempt, how the prior events had changed him, and how he reacts to the attitude of ordinary people to the climbers and their life challenge. Okada is neither too pathetic, nor overplaying. He is just as much as needed for his role. Even in the last and most pathetic scene of the story. And this admires me. I should say that he is one of the most promising Japanese actors nowadays, at least I believe in his play in various lines.

    There were some mismatches on the dynamics of the story, of course. I would blame the novel plot for that mainly. Fukamachi's personality, as photographer could be shown in a more interesting and earnestly manner. Actually, I didn't enjoy the way the Nepal country was shown, I was inspired by the anime Flag, where it was veiled by the name of the imaginary country, and ordinary people were presented in a touching manner of the girl-photographer point of view. In this film there seemed to be the lack of more profound images. Yet it was good done. I was not convinced by the woman character, as nothing would have changed if it was not presented so often in the course of the story. The OST is rather good, but one could wish for a more breaking main theme, to be associated with the story. Though I loved this music much more, than those too banal blockbuster music. 8 of 10, to add actors as 10 of 10.
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    • Release date
      • March 12, 2016 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • エヴェレスト 神々の山嶺(いただき)
    • Production companies
      • Kadokawa
      • Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)
      • Asmik Ace Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,901,480
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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