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Two movie leads and now this. Ladies and gentlemen, let us usher in the era of Kiyohara Kaya!

prediction came true lol

Lead role in an asadora after playing supporting roles in two!
Makita Aju next pls

Subtitled. Also advertising in different languages.

It's a Czech-Korean co-production with Western actors (Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, John Hurt). But yeah apparently it isn't Asian enough because the main language is English and only a small proportion of the cast is Korean.

Looking forward to Shin Kamen Rider. Wait...

Eye acting+ strong and emotional voice absolutely on point.

So this is directed by Fukuda Yuichi, which means it could be hilarious af or kinda 'eh'. That being said, I have full confidence that Nagano Mei and Meleb could make this work.

Perhaps the 'unruly' was an exaggeration- I was basing it on how Sachi is always ordering them around e.g. 'don't shovel food into your mouth. I can see Yoshino being a sister-rival, as I said, the roles within the family are shifting from one moment to the next. There is that bit where the two sit down and talk seriously, that makes them on equal footing as opposed to being child-mother like.

A lot of people are critiquing this for seemingly 'going nowhere'. While I'd like to say that this film does go somewhere (in the direction of reconciliation and healing), please ask yourselves if a film has to have some big conclusion in order to be good. If you aren't able to at least try and appreciate different types of film plots, then it just shows you have a limited view of film that you aren't willing to develop.

This film is far from lifeless. And did you write this with google translate?

I'd hate to get into an argument but I hate this review even more- in my opinion, at least, you have quite a warped perception of what constitutes a 'great film'. A film doesn't have to 'lead' to some big climax, it isn't even an unspoken rule. You even mentioned character development, so by your own standards it actually was leading somewhere- even if it didn't arrive at a set destination and stop right there. I would also say the film doesn't need 'intensity'- sometimes less is more. Also, please learn how to spell correctly, or at least edit after writing!
That being said, though, you are free to dislike the film and there's nothing that I can do to convince you otherwise. I'm just disappointed, tbh.

Nancy Mirando gives off an extreme karen vibe

The part where the camera just lingers for a few seconds on the straws to show how they've been chewed the same- that's master filmmaking right there. So simple yet so effective.

Why is it that Abe Hiroshi always plays a guy called Ryota in Kore-eda's films?

This is echoing the previous comments but she really needs more roles like Umine Zenko rather than the ones in 3-nen and Natsuzora (and from the looks of it, most of her filmography) that boil down to 'fat girl is funny, laugh now'. On rewatching Switched, she is clearly packing talent.

I honestly can't rebut that, that was thoroughly well-argued. However, I still think that this show's message is a step in the right direction to other J-dramas where the fat characters are made solely as objects of comic relief and derision. If you've watched 3-nen A gumi for instance (which is wildly popular on this site) the teacher gives all these heartfelt, sanctimonious speeches about bullying and empathy- and then you have the large girl (played by the same actress as this show) being nicknamed 'beast' by everyone and getting characterised as obsessive and perverse for daring to have a crush on another student. So I do see your point and apologise for making assumptions based on your initial comment.

He was so great in Rakuen. And it seems he was born to play the role of Master in midnight diner.

I saw the cheek-pinching part as a way of saying that purported disadvantages e.g. being chubby can be converted into advantages if you have a good personality and aren't self-conscious. In other words, Ayumi is showing, through her brightness and sense of humor, that her weight isn't a reason to mock her- and I think that's a really good message to sell. And what's wrong with her eating the pudding? It's established that Ayumi has a sweet tooth (the strawberry milk) and being in a bigger body simply means she can eat more. If anything, you're the one perpetuating stereotypes by insinuating that fat people shouldn't eat big puddings. smh

Yeah, there is at least one crying scene per episode, sometimes multiple in succession