252: Sign Of Life
Stars: Hideaki Ito, Takayuki Yamada, Yu Kashii, Minji | Directed by Nobuo Izuta
The title of this film refers to the emergency signal used by Japanese fire fighters, basically their equivalent of an Sos signal. When a massive typhoon hits Tokyo, causing enormous hailstones to rain down on the city before a huge tidal wave swamps the streets, hundreds of commuters are killed in an unprecedented natural disaster. Former fireman Yuji and his deaf daughter Shiori are trapped in the subway after it floods, along with a precious few other survivors. Yuki must utilise his survival skills to ensure his small band stays alive long enough to be rescued from the unstable underground prison they find themselves in. Meanwhile, Yuji’s former colleagues above ground work tirelessly to rescue the survivors.
252: Sign of Life is portentous, over-long, predominantly dull and very cheesy. There’s supposedly a...
Stars: Hideaki Ito, Takayuki Yamada, Yu Kashii, Minji | Directed by Nobuo Izuta
The title of this film refers to the emergency signal used by Japanese fire fighters, basically their equivalent of an Sos signal. When a massive typhoon hits Tokyo, causing enormous hailstones to rain down on the city before a huge tidal wave swamps the streets, hundreds of commuters are killed in an unprecedented natural disaster. Former fireman Yuji and his deaf daughter Shiori are trapped in the subway after it floods, along with a precious few other survivors. Yuki must utilise his survival skills to ensure his small band stays alive long enough to be rescued from the unstable underground prison they find themselves in. Meanwhile, Yuji’s former colleagues above ground work tirelessly to rescue the survivors.
252: Sign of Life is portentous, over-long, predominantly dull and very cheesy. There’s supposedly a...
- 1/13/2011
- by Jack Kirby
- Nerdly
A trailer for Yuichi Kimura’s Wararaifu!!, aka “What a Wonderful Life!!”, has been released via YouTube.
Kimura is best known for his work as a comedian, writer, and character actor, but added film director to his resume with 2009’s tepidly-received “Nisesatsu” (Counterfeit Money).
In his latest film, Jun Murakami (of the comedy duo Shizuru) stars as Shuichi Furukawa, a young man who’s currently living alone in Tokyo but plans on moving in with his fiancee, Mari (Yu Kashii). One day, he receives an unexpected call from his mother reminding him that they would be moving out of his childhood home the following day. Having totally forgotten about this fact, Shuichi quickly makes his way over, but no one seems to be home when he gets there. Unable to find the spare key, he pauses to reflect on his childhood. As individual items are moved out of the house later on in the day,...
Kimura is best known for his work as a comedian, writer, and character actor, but added film director to his resume with 2009’s tepidly-received “Nisesatsu” (Counterfeit Money).
In his latest film, Jun Murakami (of the comedy duo Shizuru) stars as Shuichi Furukawa, a young man who’s currently living alone in Tokyo but plans on moving in with his fiancee, Mari (Yu Kashii). One day, he receives an unexpected call from his mother reminding him that they would be moving out of his childhood home the following day. Having totally forgotten about this fact, Shuichi quickly makes his way over, but no one seems to be home when he gets there. Unable to find the spare key, he pauses to reflect on his childhood. As individual items are moved out of the house later on in the day,...
- 11/24/2010
- Nippon Cinema
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