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Kokuhaku (2010)
Get ready for a smack in the face - amazing.
I absolutely loved this movie. In my opinion it is one of the best films that has been released in YEARS.
Remarkable filming style and celluloid beauty, gut wrenching story in parts, made me cry twice (at least twice, i would have cried more had I watched it at home instead of in a sold out cinema - I saw it at the London based 'Frightfest' halloween event), this story is soul destroying in places (spoiler - the mother looking at the photograph of her young son, and the stark contrast of the reality of coping with him in his teens in the present day) and spot on with the feel of how petulant and selfish teens can be.
Right from the first 5 minutes I was totally drawn in, I couldn't believe how brilliantly this was put together - the journey between childhood and adolescence absolutely perfectly portrayed in that first 5 minutes of the movie, amazing. I was gobsmacked.
I say now to everyone that hasn't managed to see this yet, see it now, see it at your very first convenience. This is one that will take pride of place among the best world cinema on my DVD shelf.
I cannot wait to see it again, beautifully shot and touching and repulsive......