Movies(fiction)– theme –

No matter how much we are blessed with "natural gift," we can't achieve anything without a "talent being able to strive." And if we have that "talent being able to strive," it can turn into the courage to stand up even if we are pushed to the brink of despair. This is the shocking true story that you will learn from the movie "Joao, o Maestro".

From the movie "Pad Man," which is based on a real person who developed "inexpensive sanitary napkins" to help his wife, who used ash or dirty cloth to treat her menstrual bleeding in India where the taboo of "not even talking about menstruation" still exists in the 21st century, we can think about "how we want to live."

I, who have never watched the "Batman" series, watched the movie "Joker" with zero prior knowledge. This movie reminded that "evil" is often ubiquitous in the "environment" and anyone can fall into it. It makes us think again about the reality that simply condemning the "individual" cannot reduce "evil" in society.

I do not like to be seen with a "label", even if it is a positive one. Philip, One of the main characters, a disabled millionaire, is also that type. Learning to communicate from "The Upside," which depicts Philip's transformation after meeting Dell, an unprincipled ex-criminal.

I feel that people who are unable to use others' abilities due to prejudice and discrimination are incompetent. Such people probably still exist in modern society. The movie "Hidden Figures," which depicts a black woman working at NASA during the competition with the Soviet Union in manned spaceflight, makes us think about the path to a society without prejudice and discrimination.

Is “blood ties” the only thing that makes a family? Is providing “future happiness” what parenting is all about? Inspired by the actual “baby mix-up case”, Koreeda Hirokazu's film “Like Father, Like Son” portrays a struggling family and prompts us to think about “what is family?” and “how should we approach parenting and happiness?”

As a graduation project from a vocational school, Hamaguchi Ryusuke's film "Intimacies" is an ambitious work that incorporates a two-hour and ten-minute play within a play. The film emphasizes the power of words, despite being a visual medium, and I was overwhelmed by the words spoken throughout the film and the play within a play. Although it is very long at four hours, glad I saw it.

I was not planning to watch the movie "Inu-Oh" directed by Yuasa Masaaki, and had zero expectations and almost no prior information. However, it was so amazing that I was stunned to think that I might have missed such a fantastic masterpiece. The insane worldview woven by Furukawa Hideo, who wrote the original work, combined with the realistic "live feeling", makes it a wonderful "music movie".

Actually, only India has succeeded in sending a spacecraft to Mars in a single attempt. Both the United States and Russia have failed many times. Furthermore, India's space development budget is overwhelmingly low compared to major countries. Why was India able to accomplish this great feat? Let's learn project management from the movie "Mission Mangal".

The acclaimed film "Let the Right One In" depicts the struggles of those who choose to live with the despair that "what it takes to survive" is "to destroy others." The relationship between the two characters, which can be described as "pure love," and the unexpected development of the story are truly moving.

I believe that anyone who breaks the law should be punished, regardless of the reason. However, this is not related to the judgment of good and evil. From the movie "Shoplifters" directed by Koreeda Hirokazu, let us think about the legitimacy of a society where "good and evil" are determined by the "national mood" and a way of living that has "the courage to put on hold good and evil judgments".

The phenomenon where hostages develop feelings of sympathy or affection for their captors during events like robberies or hostage situations is called "Stockholm syndrome," and it's based on a real-life event. Learn about the strange psychology of humans who end up helping their captors from the movie "Stockholm."