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彌勒 MIROKU (2013)

彌勒 MIROKU poster
Directed by
Kaizō Hayashi
Country
Japan

How it feels

This film adapts a novel by Taruho Inagaki. It follows a story with a detective-like character navigating a monochrome world that feels suspended in time.

black-and-whiteslow-pacedphilosophicaldreamlikemeditativemoodyatmosphericcerebral

What happens

『彌勒 MIROKU』(みろく)は、2013年公開の日本映画。原作は稲垣足穂の小説「彌勒」。監督・脚本は林海象、主演は永瀬正敏が務めた。全編モノクロ。林海象と永瀬正敏は「私立探偵 濱マイク」以来、17年ぶりに本格的なタッグを組んだ作品である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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