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I really love the movie "The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl" based on Morimi Tomihiko. Its world view, which exquisitely floats between "reality" and "fantasy," is so appealing. "Kurokami no Otome" is a character that makes me feel like I'd fall in love with her if she existed. I watched the movie with a grin on my face the whole time, and it's one of my favorites.

During World War II, there was a medic who achieved unbelievable feats by running around without a gun on what was considered one of the toughest battlefields, Hacksaw Ridge. The movie "Hacksaw Ridge" is based on a real person and teaches not only the horrors of war but also the importance of sticking to one's beliefs.

The idea of tattooing the back of a Syrian refugee and displaying it as an art piece may seem very insensitive, but it's a clever irony that the tattoo represents a "Schengen Visa" which allows free movement between countries. This is the brilliant and striking social commentary through art in the movie "The Man Who Sold His Skin," which is based on a true story.

I watched the movie "Incendies" without knowing anything about it except for the trailer shown in the movie theater, and it was an incredible film. I don't want to say anything about this shocking debut film of Denis Villeneuve, who has directed famous works such as "Dune" and "Blade Runner 2049."

For example, the reason people "value" a mere piece of paper called a "100 dollar bill" is because society's members live in the same "communal fantasy." Ridley Scott director's film "The Last Duel" depicts the social conventions that "rape does not cause pregnancy" and "determine the winner of a trial by a duel," and the strength of "communal fantasy" that is still relevant today.

Until I watched the movie "ONODA", I felt uncomfortable about the person named Onoda Hiroo. It seemed unnatural to me that he had continued to live the reality of "the war is not over". However, after watching the movie, I realized that his way of life and decisions are not so different from ours.

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."