Meanwhile, even though it had only 11 screens, ARIA The AVVENIRE, the long-awaited three-part Second part can reach a two billion yen mark (the first part released in August reportedly earned 3.2 It is expected to earn around three billion yen in its total domestic run.Īs expected, the second part of the Attack on Titan live-action film, End of The World, showed a huge 52 percent drop in its second week, earning only 159,287,800 yen from 112,487 ticket sales on 427 screens, probably due to mostly negative reviews from critics and fans.
Even in its second weekend, it recorded a small 12 percent drop, and its total gross has already reached one billion yen in nine days since its release. The Mirei Kiritani-starring film opened on 276 screens on September 19, debuting in second place with 262,520,000 yen. Visit Japanese Film Festival for more information and session times.In its second weekend of September 26-27, the live-action film adaptation of Momoko Kouda's Heroine Shikkaku (No Longer Heroine) shoujo manga topped Japan's box office with 233,825,500 yen on 196,496 admissions, beating the last weekend's winner Attack on Titan End of the World. Review score: FOUR AND A HALF STARS (OUT OF FIVE)Ĭatch the Japanese Film Festival in Melbourne November 26 – December 6. Hiromitsu-kun, the boyfriend, is honestly such a prince. It was refreshingly realistic, especially in how the heroine treated her childhood friend (first love) and boyfriend. The film is also of course based from the manga Hiroin Shikkaku, which I now wish to read. 5/10 overall Follow 1 2 this review is Funny (1) Helpful (3) gingiyume Honestly. Hatori’s outfits are also super cute! This is a real feel-good film with plenty of giggles, happy sighs and sweeping gestures. The title which is No Longer a Heroine is just amazing. This manga shows this side of life which we all want, but it is described in such words that you don’t really want to experience a relationship now. The styling of this film is lovely- with Hatori’s little role assignments appearing as haptic blocks above character’s heads, plenty of daydreaming, and charming moments of internal dialogue. It is something like this: it would have been funny, if you didn’t have to cry over it. Which will she end up with? The seemingly oblivious love of her life or the new love who picks her back up when she is down? Personally I think Hatori chooses the wrong guy, but “true love has no reason” afterall ? Hatori eventually agrees and soon she finds herself in a bit of a triangle (or square really) love story with both boys.
Enter Kosuke Hiromitsu ( Kentaro Sakaguchi), a popular pretty boy who convinces Hatori she needs to start having fun in order to forget Rita, stealing a kiss from her and suggesting he take her out for a date to make Rita jealous. The determined Hatori isn’t going to let this stop her though, as she firmly sets out to prove that Rita is the love of her life, explaining that “until the protagonist becomes aware of true love the heroine doesn’t get greedy”. Meanwhile popular guy Kosuke Hiromitsu is interested in Hatori. But without the courage to tell Rita the truth she soon finds that her role as the heroine in this story is over taken by another when he begins to date the shy Miho Adachi ( Miwako Wagatsuma). No Longer Heroine This live-action adaptation of 'Hiroin Shikkaku' by Momoko Koda follows Hatori Matsuzaki, who has a crush on her childhood friend, Rita Terasaka, but Rita begins going out with Miho Adachi. They have shared experiences growing together, and yet it has always been Hatori who has had the one-sided secret crush on Rita, assigning him the role of her “Hero”. Our no-longer heroine is Hatori Matsuzaki ( Mirei Kiritani), an imaginative and dramatic high school student who has been by the side of Rita Terasaka ( Kento Yamazaki) since childhood. Instead it manages to take you through a delightful play of twists and turns- be prepared for laughs and sighs equally in this cute romantic romp. It seems like No Longer Heroine would be predictable, and yet it is not. The premise is an old favourite: a one-sided crush on an oblivious childhood friend.