I don't know why this movie only has 6.4 from merely 132 raters!! I think it's a pretty decent movie especally if you're into teen stuff it's basically a slice of life that has romance, drama and comedy with great depiction of teenagers lives in japan. So all in all it's a good movie i recommend it.
3 Reviews
an appealing and gentle teen drama-comedy
oowawa13 November 2007
This film focuses on a group of young Japanese students who are about to graduate from high school. Demure beauty Kayoko loves cheerful gregarious baseball star Tomizo, who also loves her. His friend and teammate, sullen and quiet Takumi, also loves Kayoko, whom he has known since elementary school. Cute little Kei drifts along in her own world, dreaming of becoming a rock critic, until she meets Kazuya, a handsome young guitarist of very questionable talent. The mood is decidedly bittersweet as the young people seek to resolve their relationships before heading down different life-paths of great uncertainty.
This film is quite beautiful; cinematography, direction, editing, script, and acting are all excellent. The young people in the movie treat each other with affection and respect, and by the film's end we find that we too know and respect these characters. We wish them well in their uncertain futures. Asian films like this stand in sharp contrast to the American teen comedies, loaded with profanity, sex, and exaggerated behavior. The restraint shown in these Asian teen films proves that sometimes less is indeed more. The touch of a hand, or a polite request to touch a classmate's hair, become events far more powerful and erotically charged than an explicit sexual encounter. I admire the gentle and powerful ethos of "Lemon no koro."
This film is quite beautiful; cinematography, direction, editing, script, and acting are all excellent. The young people in the movie treat each other with affection and respect, and by the film's end we find that we too know and respect these characters. We wish them well in their uncertain futures. Asian films like this stand in sharp contrast to the American teen comedies, loaded with profanity, sex, and exaggerated behavior. The restraint shown in these Asian teen films proves that sometimes less is indeed more. The touch of a hand, or a polite request to touch a classmate's hair, become events far more powerful and erotically charged than an explicit sexual encounter. I admire the gentle and powerful ethos of "Lemon no koro."
its wayyy too underrated
Heavenlyforest200618 November 2023
Idk why this movie aint the much out there and even the ending song is soo good even the singer didnt get enough deserved recognition.this movie is very peaceful with outstanding acting, really you should be watching this,the only downside is its kinda rushed and tbh i would like to see a continuation of this movie ....dont wanna give you much spoilers but its not that satisfying in the aspect of anyone from the movie to end up together kinda sad cause they would make a perfect couple.this movie will give you the feeling of how nearing graduation everyone leaves and move on with their lifes in the most perfect way i feel it gives that sensation that u are literally in it the sense of lost and much more is sooo captivating.
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