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 [ja], Yutaro Furutachi [ja], Miki Kamioka [ja], Ryosuke Komakine [ja], Daichi Kaneko, Mikako Ichikawa and Kōji Seto. It is an adaptation of the Rio Shimamoto novel Narratage [ja].

Narratage
Directed byIsao Yukisada
Written byAnne Horiizumi
Based on"Narratage [ja]"
by Rio Shimamoto
Produced byShinji Ogawa [ja]
Shunsuke Koga
Starring
CinematographyJun Fukumoto
Music byYôko Kumagai
Hidehiko Urayama
Production
companies
Pan Entertainment
Twenty Twenty Vision
Release date
  • 7 October 2017 (2017-10-07)
Running time
140 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

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Release

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It was released in theatres in Japan on 7 October 2017.[1]

Reception

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "松本潤 4年ぶり主演映画「ナラタージュ」公開に万感「忘れられない作品になった」". Eiga.com [ja]. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. ^ Lodge, Guy (12 October 2017). "Busan Film Review: 'Narratage'". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ Lee, Edmund (21 March 2018). "Narratage film review: gloomy teacher-student school romance stars Jun Matsumoto and Kasumi Arimura". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. ^ Kerr, Elizabeth (19 October 2017). "'Narratage': Film Review | Busan 2017". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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