Single8

Mar 18, 2023

1h 52m

★ 7.5

Overview

Summer 1978. High schooler Kurita is inspired by Star Wars, and films a spaceship scene on a 8mm camera together with his friend Ozawa. When the class is discussing a project for their school festival, Kurita's suggestion to make an SF movie ends up winning. Together with their movie fan classmate Sasaki, the boys start to plan a movie and manage to convince Yamashita, the prettiest girl in class, to star as the heroine. Over the summer vacation, the four shoot their movie, "Time Reverse", where an alien spaceship arrives on Earth to turn back time in order to save mankind from itself.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Science Fiction

Drama

Production Companies

Bear Brothers

FREBARI

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Cast

Hiroshi Kurita

Yu Uemura

Natsumi Yamashita

Akari Takaishi

Yoshio Ozawa

Noa Fukuzawa

Tsuyoshi Sasaki

Ryuta Kuwayama

Mr. Maruyama

Takuji Kawakubo

Curry Restaurant Owner

Ryûki Kitaoka

Terao

Yusuke Sato

Hiroshi's Mother

Narimi Arimori

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7.0

September 5

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Bullitt County

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Living in a village full of slopes can drive you mad. Those who have climbed them in the old-fashioned way are fully aware of that. What they don’t know is that their souls might have stuck around.

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7 Miles Out

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After her father's suicide in 1977, 11-year-old Ann struggles with grief, alcoholism, and promiscuity. Exploring her sexuality and self-destruction, she finds solace in art, overcomes family secrets, and achieves acclaim as a filmmaker.

7.3

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The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

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FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed…again. The lead actors—theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic…if it doesn’t sink them all.

6.7

Border 2

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7.3

Rocketman

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The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

6.4

Maria

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Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.

5.9

Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

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Untitled George Clinton Biopic

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An Uncivil War

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A drama about the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.

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2012

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