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It’s talent like this that makes you think that young talent in Japan is more than just idols, models and singers turned actors.Īs much as I liked the storytelling and the acting, it’s the climax that lets it down a notch. Mizuki Itagaki is also given more of a prominent role than in the first film and he plays the facades of his character really well, making you question whether he is on the side of good or bad. More of a bystander in the first film, Ryoko Fujino gives a star-making performance as she shows strength, sorrow and grace with such admirable understatement and restraint, that you can’t even fathom that this was her first acting role.
It was weird to see Shimizu play a bully here when he played a bully victim in Tetsuya Nakashima’s The World of Kanako.įor the second film, the young talent are given the opportunity to shine. Hiroya Shimizu is similar to Ishii’s performance, but he never goes over the top with his portrayal of a bully and throughout the films, he becomes more a tragic figure than a monster that he is perceived as. Anna Ishii is questionably sympathetic and unlikable but what makes her stand out is her portrayal of simmering rage as she does whatever it takes to get revenge. The young talent provide the massive potential that leads into Part 2, with Anna Ishii and Hiroya Shimizu standing out as the suspects.
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The adults mostly carry the load of the first film, and they all provide their professional support, with Tomoko Tabata standing out as the lead investigator, Fumiyo Kohinata as the troubled principal and Haru Kuroki in a small role, as a teacher who may or may have not been involved. Whether it is in the view of the media or the parents or the teachers, the ripple of the crime is felt throughout the town and director Narushima shows that without feeling heavy-handed and it adds to the story, particularly on the side of Juri, who uses the media to her advantage. I love how the film portrays the crime in the social of Japan. The school faculty want to cover it all up, the parents want rushed justice with little to no remorse and the media want to milk the situation for all its worth.
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The slow-burn approach of Part 1 is all about the repercussions and consequences of the character’s actions and reactions of the death of Kawashigi where as in Part 2, it revolves around the courtroom trial itself and the revelations that come with it. But for Solomon’s Perjury, the beauty of the story is that the characters are compelling to the point that the story supports them and not the other way around.
To watch a mystery film such as this, it is integral for a viewer to avoid having preconceptions or prior information before watching. Notice that the film synopsis is really vague to avoid spoilers. With the teachers, parents and authorities bringing very little to no help to the proceedings, the students, led by Ryoko (Ryoko Fujino) and Kambara (Mizuki Itagaki) unleash their own brand of justice by starting their own trial to uphold justice for the victim(s) of the crime and the aftermath of it.
A gang leader, Oide (Hiroya Shimizu) who is widely known for bullying many students and a bullying victim, Juri (Anna Ishii), who has an ulterior motive that could be used against her.
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From a movie with a similar setting to the one I am about to review, Confessions, by Tetsuya Nakashima, also had characters that undergo compelling journeys (from grief-stricken mother to vengeful angel), but does Solomon’s Perjury measure up, even with its two full-length films?Ī boy, Kashiwagi (Mochizuki Ayumu), is mysteriously is found dead on Christmas Eve at a high school. Like the David Fincher film, Se7en, where the mystery is just as compelling as the journeys of the characters and when the two coalesce in the climax as well as it does, there’s no surprise it is still regarded as one of the best film endings ever made. But for the mature stories, it’s not always the destinations and conclusions that thrill me, but the character’s journeys that they go through in their investigations that kept me on edge.
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REVIEW: Ever since I watched the Scooby-Doo cartoon series to reading Goosebumps books and even watching the Sherlock Hound anime series, I’ve always known that I love a good mystery yarn. EXPECTATIONS: A murder mystery about whiny kids acting whiny to achieve justice.
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