...PSYCHE! ahahahahaha!!!
Wow, not only am I lame, I'm lame from 10 years ago. I've reached a new level.
Anyway.
I really don't have anything to say...This is really boring. I haven't even found any more videos of Koji....I did find an interview, though. It's where the person asks him 100 questions, and he answers them.
You're probably thinking 'WUT HE ANSWERED THEM?? I THOUGHT HE BATHED WITH THEM!! GOSH, MISO, OF COURSE HE ANSWERED THEM.'
Well, I'm probably thinking 'WELL, HE COULD HAVE BEEN BATHING DURING THIS INTERVIEW, YOU NEVER KNOW. I'M TIRED. DON'T HATE, APPRECIATE. XP'
Now that I'm done with my imaginary dialog between me and the imaginary you, let's do something else.
I'm gonna review Rinne no Ame. Now, it's been a while since I've seen that movie, but that doesn't matter. It's one of those movies that you just can't forget. An overall summary is this (INCLUDING SPOILERS!!):
There are two brothers. The older brother is Mikami Kohei (played by Yamamoto Yusuke) and the younger brother, Mikami Shohei (played by Seto Koji). The younger brother, Shohei, is autistic. (He is described in the official summary as 'mentally disabled', but I don't really know what that means. He does show all of the symptoms of autism, though, so I think they basically mean that he's very autistic, which is a mental disability). Both are young, and we find out that the brothers ran away from their abusive father when they were younger, and are now living together in an apartment. We also eventually find out that Shohei's boss was physically abusing him, and, to protect his little brother, Kohei kills him. Unfortunately, Shohei, as is typical of autistic people, has a photographic memory, and has been drawing pictures of his memories of the night Kohei murdered his boss. The police begin getting involved, and Kohei slowly loses his mind trying to keep their newly-reappeared father away from both of them (especially Shohei), trying to keep his annoying girlfriend out of it, and trying to keep the police away from their house and his brother, who, due to his mental disability, is bad at lying. Kohei eventually beats up Shohei, in a way that is starkly reminiscent of the father he hated so much, and runs away, trying to escape the police. He sees some younger boys, brothers, with the older brother taking care of the younger, and remembers his duty to Shohei. He runs back, to find Shohei coming to meet him, and tells him that everything's alright, until he realizes something: he told Shohei before that bad people need to die, because they'll be reborn into a nice person. Shohei, because of his autism, took his words at face value and stabbed his brother, because of how mean he was. Kohei slowly dies, while the two brothers smile happily at each other.
This was SUCH a profound movie. It was incredibly sad, so I don't think I'll ever want to watch it again, but it had magnificent actors, mind-blowing acting, and a beautiful, if heart-wrenchingly sad story. This story was actually produced because it won a contest, and I have to say that I completely agree with their choice.
The characters were cast SO amazingly:
Yamamoto Yusuke, while somewhat girly-looking when he yelled, was a strong lead, showed an incredible range of emotions, and a believably frightening decent into madness.
Seto Koji played what was quite possibly his best role in this one. His portrayal of autism in his character was shockingly realistic, to the point that I wondered quite a few times if he actually went to an autism clinic to prepare for his character. His character was lovable, pitiable, annoying, and hopeful all in one--I was so taken by the depth of his character that I almost didn't realize this was Seto Koji playing a part, and thought that Mikami Shohei was a real person.
Kanjiya Shihori, who apparently doesn't have a character name in this, despite the fact that she plays Kohei's girlfriend in their 'complicated' relationship. She very elegantly plays the annoyingly-invasive girlfriend to Kohei, despite the fact that he is somewhat embarrassed of his brother, and the fact that he desperately wants to keep the murder of Shohei's boss a secret. She isn't a very apparent character, and all she really does is cook, smile, and be annoying throughout the entire movie, and maybe it's because she was surrounded by such outstanding acting, but I actually think she did very well in this movie.
The whole movie is a little bit of a mind-fuck, making you rethink your life, the mentally disabled, and basically every word you say just in case anyone takes it too seriously. I have to say that it was one of, if not the best dramatic movie I have ever watched, and I would highly recommend it, but make sure you're not doing anything else after watching this. If you get even half as attached to the characters as I was, you'll be depressed for the rest of the day.
So this started out as a 'I have nothing to say' post, and turned into a huge, long movie review. This is amazing. Oh, well. Also, on an unrelated note, I think I might have a tapeworm. Like, a gigantic worm living inside of my intestines. I'M NOT OKAY WITH THIS. D8 I'm exhibiting a lot of the symptoms of having one, and I have been eating a lot of pork lately, so it's not surprising...but STILL. I DON'T WANT A GIANT WORM IN MY BODIES EATIN' MY FOODS.
...I just read a Wikipedia article on tapeworm infections. GOD HELP ME I'M SO FREAKED OUT. DDDDD8
Kay, that's it.
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