tokyo.sora
tokyo.sora (Tokyo Sky, 2001)
Director: Ishikawa Hiroshi
If I am not mistaken, tokyo.sora is the first movie of Ishikawa Hiroshi, the same director who brought us Suki da,. So when I was researching about Suki da, I learned about this film and told myself that I am going to watch it when I get myself a copy. And since I’ve noticed his style throughout the latter film, I was expecting that the same directorial (?) style will be present in tokyo.sora.
True enough, it was almost as if I am watching the same film, only that tokyo.sora has a different story, has a more depressing feel on it and the movie looks “older” than what it was supposed to look because it’s “grainy” and has a documentary film-esque look. Personally I don’t think tokyo.sora is the type of movie that will keep everyone on their seat since it is very slow (slower than Suki da, if you ask me) and the interesting part of the film didn’t take place until the second half of the movie. It is very quiet as well; the characters don’t get to speak on the first five-ten minutes of the film. But unlike in Suki da, this made me feel really frustrated because I don’t know what on earth is going on in the film.
What I like in this film though is that the cinematography is very beautiful. There is no doubt that Ishikawa is one fine director when it comes to visuals. I guess what I really didn’t like in this film is that I was a bit confused with the characters at first. Everything unfolded by the end of the story. But the story that really caught my attention was Yoko’s, the writer slash GRO and her fascination with the girl named Yuki. The rest didn’t captivate me as much, so I find that a bit sad.
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Angela Solis grew up in the Philippines before moving in to Canada in 2003. She became a Canadian in 2006. Angela is 22 years old and an alumna of University of Manitoba with a degree in Psychology. She has been blogging since 2002. She maintains a 