NOEL (2003)

- Country
- Japan
How it feels
An old woman living alone in Okinawa meets a young hitman who resembles her lost love from the war. He offers to kill someone she resents, but she decides to learn how to do it herself.
slow-burnmelancholicunsettlingbittersweetcontemplativetensequirky
What happens
『NOEL』(ノエル)は、2003年4月26日に公開された日本映画。 沖縄で一人で暮らす老婆・かおるの前に、戦争に出征し帰らなかったかつての恋人とそっくりの若者・みかさが現れた。みかさは自分が殺し屋であり、かおるが恨んでいる人物を殺すと持ちかける。かおるは、出征する恋人に渡すはずだった煎餅を幼馴染のエイに食べられた恨みを忘れておらず、自分でエイを殺そうと決意し、みかさから殺しを学ぶことに。しかしそこへもう一人の殺し屋が……。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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