Honnoji Hotel

It's been said before, but this is really a film that wants to impress the viewer emotionally (not with the originality of the story, not with its effects, not with the sophistication of its characters) and from what I can see, it succeeds quite well. It's got the search for oneself and one's goals or dreams, it's got time travel, it's got Oda Nobunaga and his one day, it's got pathos but not an unbearable amount of it, it's got the endearing Ayase Haruka whose secretly impulsive character is "not afraid". It's certainly nice to know who Oda Nobunaga was, preferably even more so what is said about his close comrades in arms to make the experience all the more peppy. It's clear to me that anyone who doesn't know Japanese history, or at least the Sengoku period, won't enjoy it as much. I had fun because of it, it was funny. And for a Japanese film, I found it strangely not overlong. I don't know who this movie is for, but it can be rewarding. (08/06/2020)