Movie Review 1

Title: Heavenly Forest
Alternative Title: Tada, kimi wo aishiteru (Just Loving You)
Genre: Romance

Synopsis:

Makato is a shy young teen, very self-conscious of smelling bad around others and thus hangs out by himself mostly. During the first day of orientation at his university Makoto meets Shizuru. Shizuru is a petite girl that looked far younger than her age and eats only candy sized donuts. The two outsiders hit it off splendidly and quickly become friends. Makato shared his love of photography with Shizuro and the two spent their time taking pictures of the Heavenly Forest Unfortunately, Shizuro was in love with Makoto, but Makoto had a crush on another girl at school named Miyuki.
With the help of Shizuro’s friendship, Makoto becomes more confident and eventually becomes friends with Miyuki. The two spend more and more time together as Shizuro looks on as the third wheel. One day Shizuro asks Makoto to help her with a photo she is composing for a photo competition. She takes a photo of herself and Makoto kissing for the first time. After that day, Shizuro disappears.

Reflection:

Although love stories will mostly make me feel bored, Heavenly Forest turned out to be more entertaining than I first thought. This movie was a little different from most Japanese movie. It was so sad and touching that it would bring tears to the audiences' eyes. The ending of the movie uses flashbacks and photos to elegantly end the whole thing, and it will really touch your heart.

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