Antena (2004)

Drama | 117 minutes

3,62 21 votes

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Genre: Drama

Duration: 117 minuten

Alternative titles: Antenna / アンテナ

Country: Japan

Directed by: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri

Stars: Ryô Kase, Akemi Kobayashi and Ryûdô Uzaki

IMDb score: 6,6 (228)

Releasedate: 10 January 2004

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

Antena plot

When news reports surface about a girl who has been rediscovered after nine years, old wounds are mopped up in Yuichiro's family. His sister, Marie, also disappeared at a young age, and the family is still not over this. Slowly they slip into madness, and the mystery of Marie's disappearance is revealed.

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Ryô Kase

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Goldenskull

24398 messages
3085 votes

3 April 2010 at 20:18

Mwah, a lot less enthusiastic than most here.

Visually nice, but no more than that, I didn't find it that impressive. The elaboration of the story is still quite nice, so it didn't get boring in any case, but I didn't find the special therapy that Yuichiro follows until the last few (beautiful) shots either.

Reasonably so, but mainly because the characters could not fascinate me and I did not get the splendor, a somewhat disappointing 3*.

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Onderhond

87585 messages
12832 votes

22 December 2022 at 11:47

Nice review.

That appears to be the case with most of those early 00 Japanese dramas. That style is a bit out these days, especially the grittier themes and appropriate finish. It is just slightly polished, which is certainly not always better. And so it's nice to put on such an old favorite every now and then.

In any case, Kumakiri is a star in the dark drama niche. Themes that are somewhat taboo, characters who are burdened by problems from the past, and who first have to go through a personal hell to come out a little better on the other side.

Visually very neat, the soundtrack is also quite good, but both are not super striking. Acting is very strong of course, also a film that gets stronger as time goes on. Kumakiri's work is here to stay, but they are just not very popular.

4.0* and a extensive review

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