Plot & Summary
For all its orderliness and politeness in Japanese society, if what Nobody to Watch Over Me portrayed is accurate, then there's the other side of the same society that we on the outside would seldom see, and that's how they would react to serious crimes committed by minors. While you would expect identities to be kept secret in order to aid in the investigations and to offer some protection to the perpetrator and/or the victims, there's this constant digging to fish information in order to inform, ridicule and condemn, and compromise any police protection programme.Detective Katsura (Koichi Sato) is assigned to protect his charge, the 15 year old student Saori Funamura (Mirai Shida), whose brother was arrested for the senseless murder of 2 young girls. The two don't hit it off instantly, given that they're on opposites, one resenting the case as being in the way of his own family vacation and reconciliation with his estranged (and offscreen) wife, while the other just doesn't trust cops because of the way they conduct themselves in that one confusing night. You would expect them to bond at some point, but this long and arduous journey to regain trust is one of the highlights of the film.
This movie is Japan's contender to the Best Foreign Film 2010 Oscar Academy Awards. DareMamo, as it is popularly known, was released in Japan in January this year. It is directed by Ryoichi Kimizuka, well-known for the horror titles Parasite Eve and Kansen (Infection), as well as Japan’s record-breaking box-office film, “Odoru Daisosasen”.
Rating
7.3/10 120 votesPart 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
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