SHIGATSU WA KIMI NO USO[YOUR LIE IN APRIL](2016) MOVIE REVIEW :-
Synopsis :- Kosei Arima (Kento Yamazaki) won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kosei Arima has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. Kosei Arima then meets Kaori Miyazono (Suzu Hirose) through childhood friend Tsubaki Sawabe (Anna Ishii) and Ryota Watari(Taishi Nakagawa). Kaori Miyazono plays the violin and has a free sprit. Since meeting her, Kosei Arima is able to face the piano again. Meanwhile, Kaori holds a secret.
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Characters and Cast :- Let's talk about the main characters first. The character of Kosei and Kaori had great expectations from me, especially after their characters were the best thing about anime. Kento-San and Suzu-chan not only met my expectations but actually surpassed it. Their performance was so good that when they cried, I cried and when they laughed, I laughed as well.(Note : While researching I got to know that Kento-San and Suzu-Chan actually played their respective instruments in the movie themselves with six months of practice, That's fucking dedication y'all)
The character that actually surprised me here was Tsubaki Sawabe's character, for which I really want to give a nod of appreciation not only to Anna-Chan, being really lovable and cute throughout the movie, but also the screenwriter, Yukari Tatsui, for actually changing a bit of her lines and making her a lot lovable character rather than just a secondary option for anime shippers without actually making her story different to the source materials. Just the choice of words, kids.
Ryota's character gained a lot thanks to the movie, since he didn't disappear this time in all the piano related or Kosei love triangle stuffs like the series. It really made him look like one of Kosei's closest person rather than just another friend. Also, Taishi-San is cool AF.
The other important side characters were Hiroko Seto(Yuka Igaya) and Saki Arima(Rei Dan). While Rei-San made Saki's character a lot more humane, instead of the anime's monster like vibe, for which again, Tatsui Sensei deserves applause. Seto's character is quite the same as it was in the anime, to which Yuka-Chan did justice.
Additionally, Masahiro Komoto and Hirotaro Honda played as the judges of the concerts; Kanata Fujimoto and Maharu Nemoto played the child version of Kosei and Kaori respectively.
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Music :- All the Sound Tracks were played by/under the supervision of Ryu Yoshimata. Other than that, the theme song of the film is "Last Scene" by Ikimono-gakari with "君なんだよ(translating to 'What are you'[Kimina nda yo]" by wacci playing during Kaori and Kōsei's date. Apart from Last Scene, my favorite track is Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, coz nostalgia.
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Final Thoughts[SPOILER ALERT] :- The movie is a notebook example how to make an anime into live action without ruining its fucking quality. I liked the movie so much that I think I prefer this over the anime. I know this is a strong opinion to the unpopular side, but I had my reasons. One of them being, characterisation of Tsubaki, Ryota, Hiroko and Saki. Due to the anime focusing on the reaction of the world reacting to Kosei's return to piano as well as squeezing in Tsubaki's love triangle and including dialogues like "when she dies, you'll have no option to love me" which was changed into "she likes Watari, you idiot, you never have a chance over Watari, and then you'll have no other option to love me, idiot", or literally being pissed on Kosei for practicing with Kaori and many more. Ryota also gains a lot of attention because rather than appearing now and then and doing nothing. His advices seem quite genuine thanks to the screenplay and direction. Saki as I mention is way more humanized, which is, good not only for her character being misunderstood by a small minority of audience but increasing the guilt/sorrow of Kosei[you won't hate Kosei for that because he was a child and tried his best]. Hiroko is more attached to Kosei and is kind of a Mother figure from the beginning rather than coming back after his return in the piano industry. They also made the characters 17, instead of 14, which is way more realistic. The reduction of rivals of Kosei doesn't really bug me since it didn't effect the main plot of the story. The title is more justified as Kaori's secret is well kept until the last half an hour of the film. The letter yet again got me and cried so much my dad had to ask wtf had happened to me. That being said, regardless of whether you're an otaku or not, just watch this film, with your entire family.
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Ratings :- 8.75/10
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