Lie Lie Lie DVD Region 3
Toyokawa Etsushi (Actor)
| Suzuki Honami (Actor)
| Nakahara Shun (Director)
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Kevin Kennedy
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January 10, 2010
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January 10, 2010
Unconventional tale of a literary scam
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Hatano Zeiji (Sato Koichi) is a hermit-like photo-typesetter, performing his solitary craft in the home in which he lives alone. One day, out of the blue, his former classmate Aikawa Makoto (Toyokawa Etsushi) drops into Hatano's life and refuses to go away. Aikawa is Hatano's opposite, a vocal, outgoing, scheming con artist. We learn that Aikawa had scammed millions of yen through an elaborate commercial fraud, but, after he squandered that money, he moved in with a freaky young artist. After ripping off the artist, he fled only to find the artist's yakuza father on his tail. It is only then that Aikawa chooses to hole up in Hatano's home. Hatano battles insomnia; Aikawa gives him heavy-duty sleeping pills. The pills have an odd side-effect. Hatano becomes a 'sleep-writer', writing peculiar other-wordly stories during his sleep. Aikawa seeks to cash in on these stories. Ui Misaki (Suzuki Honami), a lovely literary agent, becomes interested in publishing the stories. Perhaps due to her drinking problem, Ui mistakenly arranges for a print run ten times greater than was intended. Instead of allowing the mistake to ruin her career, Ui, together with Aikawa and Hatano, seeks to turn the situation into a publishing coup. Can the three pull off the ultimate literary scam? Suzuki Honami's extraordinary performance proves to be the catalyst that turns this movie from being a mere curiosity into a rich viewing experience. Once she enters the film, the story, which had seemed a bit flaccid and meandering, becomes charged and riveting. And her performance draws warmly human performances from all those around her, as all three central characters change and mature through their efforts to generate interest in Hatano's book. Stick with "Lie Lie Lie"; you may not be much impressed with the film's rather lurid first half. However, Suzuki Honami makes the movie come to life in the second half and it's a marvel to see. |
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