Drowning Love

溺れるナイフ ‧ Movie ‧ 2016
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ahbu
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Sep 27, 2017
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Overall 8.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
There can be a lot of confusion while watching the first few minutes of the movie. However, as the scene moves forward, you can see symbols and metaphors that depicts the life of the youth while falling in love. It is a deep interpretation of life and youth. However, its message is simple. There are a lot of things to learn while watching the movie. Especially on the conversation between Natsume & Koh, then Natsume & Ohtama. Each character represents at least one trait that the youth depicts.
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Golden cactus8
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Dec 14, 2020
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Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

Amazing film

This film is one of my favourite films the story line is amazing played out until the end. The more you watch the more you start to understand and the story makes sense.

I don’t really know how to explain how this film made me feel without spoiling it all I can say is I would definitely rewatch this for the 7th time :)

And the camera skills are very good and the Director that directored this also directored hot gimmick girl meets boy and the layout of that film is amazing the camera skills where the best I’ve seen in a movie.

Sorry for the long review I need to do 500 characters so I can’t keep it short and sweet :( but if you do end up watching this I hope you enjoy it was more as I did :)

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natijim
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Feb 5, 2025
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 8.0
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girl so confusing.

This movie was seriously beautiful and the director or whoever did a great job with the aesthetics of this movie. The casting director also did great and when i found out that they are married irl, it made sense. The actors seemed very young when tihs was filmed but it was good.

I did see a problem with how confusing the film was, and after looking up a synopsis of sorts in order to better understand, but i was still a bit confused. i still found the film good.

The girl seemed very innocent and full of life/ desperation. she seemed to really love the ML which was beautiful and somewhat sad. towards the end when they were kinda bickering/ hugging each other was very vulnerable.

The ML was troublesome and kinda a bad influence on the FL, but it seemed they truly loved each other. Total opposites, but opposites attracted.

The ending had me thinking he died, but also not so idk. Either way the film was great, with flaws ofc, but still a tender and beautiful movie on tragic youthful lovers.

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Slay_rylle
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Jan 26, 2025
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Overall 2.0
Story 1.5
Acting/Cast 2.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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idk about this one.


I didn’t feel the chemistry and everything felt rushed in their relationship.
Also what grossed me out was how the students were talking abt her being grapped…like uhm wtf?? even the girls in her class were basically just being straight up mean and mocking her. So cliche and messed up.

the cast is good, the acting is good as well but personally I think it could have been better. the music is good but…

I love how they showed the dangerous aspects of the entertainment industry

Rewatch value obviously is low for me but it was a good one-time movie so try it out yourself to make up your own opinion

Anyways Otomo is my fav character because he’s well thought and unlike Kou, was always there for Natsume

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Dahlia
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Nov 5, 2018
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Overall 7.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
This is a high school romance movie of a teen model and how she advances her career despite being encountered with difficulties that comes with show business. I found many people commenting can't understand the ending.. Well the ending is she winning an award for a movie which had a bit of similarity with her own life.

That is not a spoiler and you need to watch it to understand it. I don't think any other actress could portray this role as this girl did. Nana had that innocence, passion and honesty of feelings - everything was expressed well. She is one of the few actresses in Asian dramas whom I like for her acting and expressing the character so beautifully without making us feel any artificiality.

Loved the chemistry between Koh Chan and Natsume. Ohtomo and Kana did their part very well too. t is a good movie for a lazy afternoon. Loved it.

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ningfairyes
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Feb 22, 2025
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Overall 7.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.5

que porra foi essa que eu assisti/gostei

no começo eu achava que tava entendendo ai no meio eu n tava entendendo era nada e no final tb n mas assim achei o koh e o ohtomo uns gatinhos a natsume e uma limda gente que garota linda quero ser igual ela qnd eu crescer

n vou falar mt especificamente sobre o filme pq na real eu n sei se entendi o filme mas e uma experiência ne tb sou suspeita p avaliar o filme tendo em vista que eu assisti por um site duvidoso as legendas eram uma porqueira e eu tinha que adivinhar pelo contexto da cena oq eles realmente estavam falando

agr chegou minha hr de ir pesquisar edita no tiktok beijo gostei da experiência

voltei:
dei uma pesquisada e percebi que o filme realmente foi interpretado da maneira certa por mim achei que eu n tinha entendido mas vejo que sim

na vdd e uma otima historia e tem um elenco mt bom pontuando a atuacao de tds basicamente a historia conta de adolescentes sendo adolescentes imaturos agindo e fazendo coisas como se fossem mas velhos e maduros do que realmente sao, gosto de como isso foi encenado e é perceptível como os atores souberam por toda essa infantilidade imaturidade e insegurança nos personagens tem cenas mt bonitas mas ao menos tempo foi bem mal dirigido, em alguma cenas a camera ta longe dms e em outras mt perto mas a quimica entre os dois envolve e acabamos ficando presos ao filme

enfim valeu a pena e recomendo para assistir numa noitinha quente e monotona

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