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Narratage | |
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Directed by | Isao Yukisada |
Written by | Anne Horiizumi |
Based on | "
Narratage " by Rio Shimamoto |
Produced by |
Shinji Ogawa Shunsuke Koga |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Jun Fukumoto |
Music by | Yôko Kumagai Hidehiko Urayama |
Production companies | Pan Entertainment Twenty Twenty Vision |
Release date |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Narratage ( Japanese: ナラタージュ) is a 2017 Japanese romantic drama film directed by Isao Yukisada, starring Jun Matsumoto, Kasumi Arimura, Kentaro Sakaguchi, Ayaka Onishi , Yutaro Furutachi , Miki Kamioka , Ryosuke Komakine , Daichi Kaneko, Mikako Ichikawa and Kōji Seto. It is an adaptation of the Rio Shimamoto novel Narratage .
It was released in theatres in Japan on 7 October 2017. [1]
Guy Lodge of Variety wrote that while the film is "fully in touch with its very real emotions", it "feels just a little more than it says." [2]
Edmund Lee of the South China Morning Post rated the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote that "for all its finer accomplishments, Yukisada’s effort has probably stepped too far out of the line of ethics to find an agreeable audience." [3]
Elizabeth Kerr of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film is a "mess on the storytelling front" and that it "basks in shameless sentimentality". [4]