Description: Do you believe in love after death? On the eve of her 19th birthday, Mizuki (Kuriyama) doesn't have a lot to celebrate about. Her mother recently committed suicide, her stepfamily bothers her, her boyfriend has been cheating on her and her best friend has betrayed her. Hurt and disillusioned, Mizuki runs from everything and is drawn by some unknown force to a dilapidated estate. Deep within the house Mizuki discovers the mysterious Adam (Hyde), playing a hauntingly familiar melody on the guitar. Melancholy and full of secrets, it seems that Adam, and the house, have a strange, irresistible link to Mizuki. Can Mizuki's boyfriend and a couple of well-meaning schoolchildren uncover the secret of what happened 19 years ago and free Mizuki before the last quarter of the moon falls?
Amazon.com: Based on a manga cartoon, Ken Mikai's Last Quarter, is a live-action fantasy film with some advanced CG, making it stylistically similar to Harry Potter movies. The plot, too, is like Harry Potter's, in that teenagers navigate dream realms using magical detective work. On Mizuki Mochizuki's (Chiaki Kuriyama of Kill Bill fame) 18th birthday, she discovers that her boyfriend, Tomoki (Hiroki Narimiya) has cheated on her with her best friend. Also depressed about her mother's suicide, Mizuki runs away, and wanders into a house haunted by a spirit with whom she falls in love. Placed under a powerful spell, and consequently suffering an accident, she is hospitalized and physically near death, while her spirit remains active in the world where her ghost love lives. Multiple friends, including Tomoki and girlfriend, Hotari Shiraishi (Tomoka Kurokawa), search for ways to bring her back, which ultimately means reinvigorating her will to live. The Goth plot, not to mention the cute Goth Japanese clothes worn by the actors, makes Last Quarter the quintessential film for depressed teens. Last Quarter's positive message reminds the viewer that love conquers all hardship, and that true love is worth fighting for. --Trinie Dalton
Four Stars Beautifully sad love story, a moving story of love overcoming even death. A great ghost story for a broken heart. Nice cinematics, good soundtrack, and the story of a girl who was reborn for her once rockstar boyfriend only to find the boyfriend died and was trapped in what could be called purgatory, makes for a unique twist to a not all common theme. Mizuki's character is one any girl who's had her heart broken can relate to. I only give this movie four stars though, because I think it was mistagged. I don't think it belongs in a horror section.
Last Quarter This is a good movie. If you only want to see Hyde then you will be upset. He is not in the movie to much but when he is he is great. The story mainly flows two high school students and the lead girl's boyfriend as they try to help her solve a mystery. I don't want to give to much away but if you are into ghost stories and the super natural then this is a movie for you.
Another excellent Japanese film! My assumption is that we've all seen this base on the fact that Hyde's in it (perhaps not, of course). While his is quite good, he's not the star. It's more of an ensemble piece, and everyone does a great job. The fact that it's a first rate ghost story, with Shinto/Buddhist overtones is a plus! Well worth the time!
Highest rating!
Haunting, dark, and beautiful I'm not sure how a reviewer figures this is anything like Harry Potter. I suppose both are fantasy.
The souls of two young women separated by 19 years and exact phases of the moon, plus some personal items, become locked together in an abandoned mansion, one after death, one after an accident that knocks her into a coma.
A younger schoolgirl finds this apparition, and must resolve the mystery of who she is and where she came from. She and a classmate must find the lover of the first woman, argue with and convince the boyfriend of the second (Mizuni), and work with this ghost that only one of them can see, who doesn't recall her life on Earth and doesn't believe it existed. The ending is a fight of life vs afterlife, with a very real death awaiting the real world Mizuni.
My only two criticisms are that the two decade old "indie" band sounds very contemporary pop, and the denouement is a little long. But the acting is first rate, the camera work striking and gorgeous and the plot well-developed, believable and not overplayed. I caught it at a fair by accident, and my daughter and I sat watching until 1 am. Very good, very classy, and a wonderful tragedy with a warm resolution.
very good movie i bought this movie 5 days ago and watched it last night, now you have to be good at reading subtitles but i belive they should keep this stuff natural and not english dubb everything they produce so if you like live action japanese flix as well as anime, i suggest this movie.
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