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Single8
7.4 / 10• 2023• 1h 52m•NR• Japanese
ComedyRomanceScience FictionDrama
Storyline
Summer 1978. High schooler Kurita is inspired by Star Wars, and films a spaceship scene on a 8mm camera together with his friend Ozawa. When the class is discussing a project for their school festival, Kurita's suggestion to make an SF movie ends up winning. Together with their movie fan classmate Sasaki, the boys start to plan a movie and manage to convince Yamashita, the prettiest girl in class, to star as the heroine. Over the summer vacation, the four shoot their movie, "Time Reverse", where an alien spaceship arrives on Earth to turn back time in order to save mankind from itself.
Cast & Crew
Yu Uemura
Hiroshi Kurita
Lead
Akari Takaishi
Natsumi Yamashita
NF
Noa Fukuzawa
Yoshio Ozawa
Ryuta Kuwayama
Tsuyoshi Sasaki
Takuji Kawakubo
Mr. Maruyama
Ryûki Kitaoka
Curry Restaurant Owner
Yusuke Sato
Terao
Narimi Arimori
Hiroshi's Mother
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Kazuya Konaka's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Single8 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
