Mana's Japanese Movies Blog

 "Before the coffee gets cold", "Coffee ga Samenai Uchi Ni" in Japanese is a film adaptation of a best-selling novel that was nominated for awards in bookstores. It was released on September 21, 2018. The main character is Kazu Tokita acted by Kasumi Arimura. She is a clerk in the coffee shop, ”Funicli Funicula". This coffee shop has a mysterious urban legend that if you sit in a certain seat in the shop, you can go back to the time you want. However, there are some rules that are very annoying.  1, No matter what you do in the past, reality will never change. 2, Even if you go back in time, you can't leave the coffee shop. 3, The only time you can go back in time is between the time she pours your coffee into your cup and the time it cools down. You have to drink up the coffee before it gets cool. 4, The seat where you can go back in time has a previous customer. You can sit in the seat only when she has left. 5, Even if you go back in time, you won't

Yowamushi Pedal called "Yowapeda" is a live-action movie based on the manga of the same name. This movie was released on August 14, 2020. The theme song is "Key of Heart" sung by King&Prince. The main character is Sakamichi Onoda acted by Ren Nagase. He has black hair and bangs that don't reach his eyebrows. He is a high school student who doesn't like exercise and has no friends, and he commutes from Chiba to Akihabara on a mamachari. He wanted to join the long-awaited anime research club, but he was shocked when he learned that the club was on hiatus. Then, a classmate who saw him riding a bicycle asked him to compete in a race and he felt the joy of riding a bicycle. After that he joined the cycling club. He showed an unexpected talent as a cyclist and was chosen as a regular member. This movie is about how he challenges the race to participate in the Inter-high with his first "friends". When I watched this movie, I wanted to tell Onoda to d

Chinmoku no Parade means "Parade of Silence", in Japanese. This movie was released on September 16, 2022, so this is a recent movie. The theme song is "Hitotsuboshi" which was sung by Ko Shibasaki and was written by Masaharu Fukuyama. This is the third work in the Galileo series. There are three main characters in this series. The first is "Manabu Yukawa" acted by Masaharu Fukuyama. The second is "Kaoru Utsumi" acted by Ko Shibasaki. The third is "Shunpei Kusanagi" acted by Kazuki Kitamura. And this time, the important character in the movie of "Chinmoku no Parade" is "Saori Namiki". The story starts, when a missing female student named Saori was found dead after several years. The suspect was thought to be Mr. Hasunuma, who was once arrested for murder but was released while maintaining complete silence. On the Parade day of a summer festival, Mr. Hasunuma was killed. The suspects are people who loved Saori, such as

Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai called "Kimisui" in Japanese is a human live-action movie. The director is Sho Tsukikawa. The theme song is "Himawari" sung by Mr. Children. This movie was released on July 28, 2017.  There are two main characters in this movie. The first character is "Haruki Shiga" called "Boku" acted by Takumi Kitamura. He likes reading books and is a quiet boy who avoids close contact with others. The second character is "Sakura Yamauchi" called "Kimi" acted by Minami Hamabe. She is a popular person in the class with an innocent personality. The story of this movie is about "Kimi" who is suffering from pancreatic disease, and "Boku" who knows her secret and helps her do things. It is what Sakura wants to do before she dies. When I watched this movie, I was shocked. I think that no one can imagine the ending of this movie. It was such a shocking and sad ending. You cannot watch this movie without