The Light Shines Only There

2014 [JAPANESE]

Action / Drama

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 62% · 1 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 696 696

dysfunctional family woman director community drama disillusioned youth

Plot summary

A man has thrown away love and a woman has given up on love. The two souls meet in a brief summer in the northern city of Hakodate.

Director

Mipo Oh Photo
Mipo Oh

Top cast

Masaki Suda Photo
Masaki Suda as Takuji Ohshiro
Gô Ayano Photo
Gô Ayano as Tatsuo Sato
Kazuya Takahashi Photo
Kazuya Takahashi as Nakajima
Chizuru Ikewaki Photo
Chizuru Ikewaki as Chinatsu Ohshiro
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
1.08 GB
1280*534
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 1
2.21 GB
1920*800
Japanese 5.1
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Red_Identity

Grim, but well acted

This is a really elegantly made film all around. Of course, it's grim but the colors and the cinematography do a good job of highlighting just the right type of tone needed for the narrative and these characters' journeys. And emotional journeys they do take. The actors are really fantastic though, and really do make it a powerful sort of journey, much more effective than I would've thought as how the film started. I do think it's such an uncomfortable viewing experience though, not an easy one and while I can usually handle that, I don't think this is a great film though. Effective, but certain writing issues keep it from getting on another level. Still, recommended.
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Reviewed by aliaalaa 5 / 10

One of the most fu*ked movies I ever saw

There are many things that I hated in the story line, which is the reason I gave it low ratings. However, the cinematography was great. The actors, director and d.o.p did a great job

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