Call Me Chihiro Twitter Reactions are everything that the creators would have hoped the audiences to feel while watching the film. It is directed by Rikiya Imaizumi (Just Only Love, His, and Little Nights, Little Love) & the screenplay is co-written by Kaori Sawai. The film is based on the manga Chihiro-san by Hiroyuki Yasuda, published in the manga magazine Elegance Eve from 2013 to 2018.
The official synopsis of the film reads, “An unapologetic former sex worker starts working at a bento stand in a small seaside town, bringing comfort to the lonely souls who come her way.” Chihiro is a former sex worker who works at a small bento shop in a seaside town. There, she teaches the importance of living how one likes in an age when everyone deals with a struggle of some kind in their lives.
The cast of the film includes Kasumi Arimura as Chihiro, Hana Toyoshima as Kuniko Seo, Tetta Shimada as Makoto Satake, van as Basil, Ryuya Wakaba as Taniguchi, Yui Sakuma as Hitomi, Itsuki Nagasawa as Chinatsu Ube, Miwako Ichikawa, Keiichi Suzuki, Toshie Negishi as Nagai, Mitsuru Hirata as Bito, Lily Franky as Utsumi and Jun Fubuki as Tae.
Chihiro is someone who happened to stop at the seaside town and loved the bento meal so much that she started working there. But contrary to what one would think, she doesn’t hide her past and talks with customers and the residents of the town, about various problems.
It is through their conversations, they are comforted by her. However, Chihiro herself suffers from loneliness, which is related to her family and childhood. Nonetheless, it doesn’t stop her interaction with others to be dull, instead, she tries her best to listen to them and comfort them through her sincere words.
As described in our review, there are no characters in the film that are painted as a saviour or heroes, rather each one of them has a humane gravity in their lives, sometimes negative, sometimes not. It’s a slow-burning story with no particularly leading plot, it’s like watching a slice of someone’s life and the people around them.
Most of the reactions shared how they felt emotional yet strangely soothed by this movie and the leading character. Many have been sharing the aesthetic shots from the film that’s one added element to an already moving story. One viewer also shared the resemblance between the manga drawing and the scenes that keeps the essence of the manga intact.
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Call Me Chihiro is currently streaming on Netflix.
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