Japanese Movie Recommendation: Orange — a beautiful story about friendship
In this lifetime, we can easily meet someone and make friends as many as we want, but the truth is, there are only a few people who we can trust and labeled as true friends.
These true friends are the ones who heartily accept every inch of our personality. Friends who understand and love us, and also those who will guide and correct us from our wrongdoings.
However, if you are looking for this friendship kind of a movie, Orange is a highly-recommended Japanese film that will certainly give you the same vibe!
Orange starring Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Ryo Ryusei, Hirona Yamazaki, Kurumi Shimizu, and Dori Sakurada tells a beautiful and inspiring story of six individuals who value the true meaning of friendship.
The movie focuses on Naho played by Tao Tsuchiya who receives a letter from her future self 10 years from now.
The letter is an account of the things her future self had experienced and regretted the most towards her friend Kakeru (Kento Yamazaki).
Together with their other friends, they do their best to save Kakeru and to avoid the same regrets their future selves had.
10/10: What do I love about this movie
I super love this movie in all aspects!
Honestly, I was left speechless after watching it. The feels and impact hit me differently that I literally sent a message to my friends and even cried a river. You really need to prepare tissue for this touching one!
Orange also made me realize how happy to have friends who you can lean and count on for the rest of your life.
Moreover, I also learn to appreciate everything even the smallest ones because at the end of the day, that what matters the most.
Storyline
All I can say is wow. The story is well-written and the cinematography is perfectly displayed that will give you a roller coaster ride of emotions. You definitely shouldn’t miss this amazing masterpiece!
It purely tackles about love and happiness towards other people who are not related to you by blood. That other people support and love you unconditionally not in an intimate way but in a friendly way.
Friends are forever. If you already have them in your life, you are lucky and you should cherish every moment with them.
However, if you are surrounded by fake friends, learn to let go of the toxicity. You need friends whom you can feel the true essence of friendship.
Casts
The chosen casts completed the realness of the movie! They are all superb and really good actors and actresses who perfectly portrayed each given roles.
In one glance, you can easily recognize what kind of character s/he is and will be carried away in every emotion they are trying to depict.
Giving big applause to the squad — Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Ryo Ryusei, Hirona Yamazaki, Kurumi Shimizu, and Dori Sakurada!
Lessons from the story
- Be true to yourself.
- Regrets from the past may haunt you in the present, that’s a way to live your life purposely today.
- Don’t keep everything to yourself, instead learn to release the pain.
- Value the people who sees you as a family.
- People come and go. Those who stayed are worth to keep.
- If it gets heavy, you don’t have to carry it alone. There are people you forget who are always on your side.
- It’s okay to cry and express yourself.
What are you waiting for? Watch Orange now!
