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The movie "Sound of Metal" depicts a protagonist who faces the harsh reality of losing his hearing as a drummer in a band. He is faced with the choice of whether to continue living with able-bodied people or not. How should we answer this question that is also directed towards able-bodied people?

I didn't know about the existence, but there is a photojournalist who turned "Minamata disease" into a "pollution known throughout the world." The movie "MINAMATA" depicts the unknown life of Eugene Smith, who conveyed the truth of Minamata disease to the world, and the struggles of many people who fought against injustice.

Did you know that there was a civilian who saved the world during the Cuban Missile Crisis, which brought the world to the brink of nuclear war? Based on a true story, the movie "The Courier" depicts the incredible struggle of a seemingly ordinary salesman who stole massive amounts of confidential information from the Soviet Union.

In the 1860s, when "weather forecasting" was treated as equal to "fortune-telling," there were people who pioneered the history of meteorology using balloons. The movie "The Aeronauts" is a story about a scientist and a balloon pilot who reached an altitude of over 11,000 meters without an oxygen cylinder, and it teaches us the greatness of "adventuring beyond common sense."

I was curious about the trailer I saw at the movie theater, so I went to see the movie "WANDA" without knowing anything else about it, and I was surprised to learn that it was a movie from the 70s. I didn't feel any "oldness" at all. Barbara Loden, who not only starred in but also directed and wrote the film, left behind a historical masterpiece that has been highly regarded since her death.

The movie "Broker," directed by Hirokazu Koreeda, is about the "baby hatch (A window where parents can anonymously leave their babies who cannot be raised for various reasons)" that seem to exist in many places in Korea and asks the question of "what is justice." I think it's irrational to judge "abortion is ok, discarding is not," and I think "justice" is when "the most vulnerable parties are saved."

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."