This week's recommendations July 7, 2023 (Friday) New movie "One Second Ahead" / Old movie "Back to the Future"

New movie "The One Second Ahead"

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``The Girlfriend One Second Ahead'' (2020) was created by director Chen Yushun, a maverick of Taiwanese new cinema. This gem of a love story has now been remade in Japan. The title is ``He who is 1 second ahead''! What's more, it was produced by the unlikely and miraculous duo of director: Atsuhiro Yamashita and scriptwriter: Kankuro Kudo. Director Yamashita took on the challenge of working on his first remake, but how did he feel about it? From his collaboration with Kankuro Kuto, to the stars Masaki Okada and Kaya Kiyohara, to the setting of Kyoto, he has plenty to say. I asked him to tell me.

July 7th (Friday) TOHO Cinemas Hibiya and other nationwide roadshow Distributor: Bitters End

Click here for director interview

Old movie ``Back to the Future''

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On July 8, 1985, the original soundtrack for Back to the Future was released in the United States. In this movie, Marty travels back in time to 1955 and performs "Johnny B. Goode," which would have been released three years later in 1958. The development in which Chuck Berry listens to this over the phone and is baptized by the rock beat, suggesting that he would later make "Johnny B. Goode" a hit, is by far the funniest of the film's many time paradox stories. It's a moment.

Read the review here