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The Kirishima Thing

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High school students try to figure out why a star athlete drops out of school and what his motivations and whereabouts might be.

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Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Apr 13
7
Although “The Kirishima Thing” lacks the tension that the material could have benefited from and needed more refinement in its music department, it still emerges as a competent depiction of high school life in all its chaotic glory Go to Full Review
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Madison M Jun 25 This was me being thoughtful of a rating, because I support the movies Kamiki Ryunosuke acts in for he is an amazing actor so I enjoy watching all he acts in, but what was this- what was this movie- I didn’t understand it at all- what was the plot. I’m sorry not the best movie he’s acted in… worse than As the gods will in my opinion personally… at least there was somewhat an ending for as the gods will. This… this literally made no sense. Unless you too want to watch it ONLY for Kamiki Ryunosuke, I don’t recommend this one. See more 11/21/2017 Rewatch for fresh rating. See more 08/27/2014 A nice and quiet movie. While I probably didn't get the whole picture(The movie was about high school life, something that I never experienced in Japan :P ), I still enjoyed it. Nicely shot too. See more 07/05/2014 The repeatedly back & forth narrative, just makes this actually dull coming-of-age storyline even much more annoying. See more 07/03/2014 The Kirishima Thing [Japan, 2012] I always like it when a movie plays around perspectives... I want two more hours of this. 8/10 See more 02/09/2014 An ingenious mystery film featuring Japanese high school students from different clubs whose lives were affected by the missing title character. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis High school students try to figure out why a star athlete drops out of school and what his motivations and whereabouts might be.
Director
Daihachi Yoshida
Producer
Takahiro Sato, Yôko Edami, Kazuhisa Kitajima
Screenwriter
Kohei Kiyasu, Daihachi Yoshida
Production Co
Nippon Television Network
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 43m