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Turn (2001, Hirayama Hideyuki)

June 30th, 2005 No Comments

The modern Japanese drama tends to be emotive. Even when they aren’t good, they succeed in making the viewer care for the characters.
Turn is, ostensibly, a Japanese Groundhog Day. Only not funny. Where Groundhog Day was about Bill Murray interacting with people with no consequence, the character stuck in turnover in Turn is alone. She […]