Goodbye, Flickmania

Set at the height of the Japanese student rebellion in 1968, the film tells the story of the friendship between two very different men—a fortyish film maniac who spends nearly all his time at the movies and a 19-year-old going through the final rites of passage from adolescence to adulthood.

Director: Masato Harada

Cast: Takuzō Kawatani, Naohiko Shigeta, Atsuko Asano, Hiromitsu Suzuki, Toby Kadoguchi, Yuji Kosugi, Miyako Yamaguchi, Renji Ishibashi

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.