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REVIEW: Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko




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Neko-sensei



Joined: 19 Jan 2007
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 30, 2021 8:44 pm Reply with quote
Another film I really liked! Structurally, it reminded me a lot of Miss Hokusai or Mai Mai Miracle, so you can judge your likely reaction to this movie by your response to those. Just like those movies, I suspect it will find a very small but very devoted core audience in the West, together with a much wider hinterland of people who fall into the "I really appreciate this movie but I just don't quite enjoy it" category.

I certainly wouldn't describe any aspect of the film as a "waste," since each small, seemingly inconsequential facet of Kikuko's world offers a slightly different perspective into her maturation, regardless of whether it's later used to serve some greater purpose. Speaking of "maturation," Ayumu Watanabe really is fascinated by the mysterious ways in which our species, and life in general, perpetuates itself—it's very interesting to compare the final moments of Nikuko with the final moments of Children of the Sea.

At any rate, Ninomiya's gloriously pitch-perfect scenes alone make the film worth a watch, Cocomi does a surprisingly notable job capturing Kikuko's adolescence in her first vocal performance, and Studio 4°C's animation and particularly location work is transcendental. You can positively feel the weather, the rocking of Nikuko and Kikuko's glass-bottomed boat home, the sunlight flashing in the corner of your eyes as you run with Kikuko and Ninomiya through the trees... sure, there may not be much story to speak of, but in its own laid-back, quiet way, Gyokō no Nikuko-chan is a special kind of masterpiece.
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Swissman



Joined: 11 May 2006
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Location: Switzerland
PostPosted: Thu Jul 01, 2021 11:12 am Reply with quote
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I'm surprised that the famous comedian Akashiya Sanma is one of the movie's main producers and his ex-wife Otake Shinobu is voicing the movie's main character Nikuko-chan Surprised
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omiya



Joined: 21 Sep 2011
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:41 am Reply with quote
Finally saw this at the second screening in Adelaide (24th February 2022).

I was the only person in the cinema for the screening Shocked

Without giving anything away (and I'm really glad that the review kept parts of the movie secret), this movie reminded me of my own experience falling asleep in a hotel room in Tokyo in the early afternoon and the experiences that followed.

I really enjoyed the movie - it was different enough from other stories and well executed.

For the record I have yet to see Mai Mai Miracle and did enjoy watching Miss Hokusai at the cinema.
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