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Nagi Notes

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Yoriko, an artist living in rural Nagi, is haunted by a former love affair she cannot bear to mourn. When Yuri, a recently separated architect, travels from Tokyo to visit her friend and former sister-in-law, both women find themselves at a crossroad, each searching for ways to let go of the past and define their identities. Yuri's brief escape from the city settles into a quiet confrontation of loss and probing for the two women in bucolic Nagi.

Critics Reviews

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Justin Chang The New Yorker 6d
I don’t have any naggy notes for this moving drama set in the remote Japanese town of Nagi. Go to Full Review Ben Kenigsberg RogerEbert.com May 25
It’s the best of his movies that I’ve seen: a bit schematic, perhaps, but full of subtleties, with a fine appreciation of time and place. Go to Full Review Blake Simons Little White Lies May 18
Where Nagi Notes does resonate is in the affections and sentiments that are left unsaid or merely suggested for much of the film’s runtime. Go to Full Review Kong Rithdee Bangkok Post May 18
The film thrives on lightness, but such lightness would have been more resonant had it not been so literal at times. Go to Full Review Diego Batlle Otroscines.com May 15
3.5/5
The film has a relaxed and minimalist feel, but in the final half hour...the narrative accelerates and becomes a little more bombastic, although it never loses its focus, its objectives, or its charm. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Rubén Téllez Brotons El antepenúltimo mohicano May 15
2/5
Pure aesthetic contradiction that ends up exposing not only the artificiality of the film, but also the formula with which the director designs each of his scenes. [Full Review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Koji Fukada

Director

Takako Matsu

Actor

Shizuka Ishibashi

Actor

Kenichi Matsuyama

Actor

Waku Kawaguchi

Actor

Kiyora Fujiwara

Actor
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Movie Info

Synopsis Yoriko, an artist living in rural Nagi, is haunted by a former love affair she cannot bear to mourn. When Yuri, a recently separated architect, travels from Tokyo to visit her friend and former sister-in-law, both women find themselves at a crossroad, each searching for ways to let go of the past and define their identities. Yuri's brief escape from the city settles into a quiet confrontation of loss and probing for the two women in bucolic Nagi.
Director
Koji Fukada
Producer
Terutarô Osanaï
Screenwriter
Koji Fukada
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 50m