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The Parades (2024) Ending Explained: Did Nana Die? Who Was Tanaka? What is the Reason Behind its Name?

Japan’s latest movie, The Parades, found some resonance among the audiences. In my review, I called it a melancholic affair. But one thing that must be bugging the viewers is its ending. How does the movie end? And why? I decipher these questions in my detailed ending explanation of The Parades. The point of the beginning

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The Parades (2024) Movie Review: A Melancholic Afterlife Drama with Visible Blemishes

Action stories have long been the forte of Japanese creators. But what gets lost beneath them is the art of telling quiet, comforting tales.  A new film, The Parades, has been released on Netflix, which falls in the second category. It is an intimate, emotional, and heartfelt film.  The movie from Japan deals with magical

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In Love and Deep Water (2023) Review: The Japanese Film Fails Two Genres at Once 

A new movie has landed on Netflix yet again. In Love and Deep Water is a Japanese film that caters to the romance and crime genre.  You can expect intermittent splashes of comedy, too. The film runs for more than two hours and it also aims to attract lovers of murder mysteries.  I couldn’t find any official

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