Hana to Arisu

Hana to Arisu

  • Director: Shunji Iwai
  • Countries of origin: Japan
  • Language: Japanese, Mandarin
  • Release date: March 13, 2004
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78 : 1
  • Also known as: Hana and Alice
  • "Flower and アリス" is a 135-minute youth comedy film produced by Rockwell Eyes and distributed by Toho Company, Limited . The film was written and directed by Shunji Iwai , starring Suzuki Anne , Yu Aoi , Guo Zhibo , Ryôko Hirosue , Hiroshi Abe , etc. It was released in Japan on March 13, 2004.
    The film tells the story of a wonderful love triangle that is both cute and slightly terrifying when two middle school girls pass through their swaying thoughts of puberty   .

    Details

    • Release date March 13, 2004
    • Filming locations Mizuki, Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
    • Production companies Rockwell Eyes

    Box office

    Gross worldwide

    $654,448

    Movie reviews

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    • By Eddie 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      Love is a fake fairy tale

      A pseudo-love that begins with deception.

      It's a film about growing up, two girls gradually become understanding and mature as they go through a ridiculous love triangle, and their friendship becomes more indestructible . The love woven by the girl is doomed to be fruitless from the very beginning. But it's this chaotic feeling that is most real, the closest thing to the experience of adolescence -- short, fragile, and memorable. --I

      love you.
      --What does it mean?...

    • By Tyson 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      Flower and Alice

      Two close friends who grew up together, and girls who learn ballet together.

      Flower and Alice, 17-year-old romance. When the subway station meets the object of admiration, the two girls pay peeping attention. A love of white lies with You Sheng Hua. Alice became a character who helped her in her own script but became a real character.

      Miyamoto's temporary amnesia makes Hana begin a love deception.

       

      I like slow soundtracks in movies, I like slow rhythms....

    • By Samara 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      U will be married

      Birthday, a cake, the very obscene cake actually says "U will be married", it turns out that everyone understands me this way, this is really my lifelong dream, a beautiful family life.
      Sure enough, birthday is a blessing, someone gave me a hope, MAN introduced a northern MSN, 185 wears glasses and heard that basketball sings well, MAN told me to take good care of it, I looked at his number but couldn't get interested, no Know how to start.
      "However, back then, how did you start such...

    • By Sonny 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      If amnesia is a manageable melancholy

      Girlfriendship is a rare but widespread thing. Of course, I mean true friendship. I hope to have such sincerity one day. You said you could accompany me, watch a movie for dinner, and leave him alone for the two of us. The first time I went shopping with you, I felt a little happy in my heart. Actually, that's it. All I know is that this is a movie about youth, but I'm too apprehensive to draw conclusions. Whose youth is this, a play we staged together, who is the protagonist and who is the...

    • By Ashly 2022-04-23 07:04:45

      A Story of Hearts, the Hidden Plot of Flowers and Alice

      I have always liked this film very much. Shunji Iwai has injected a lot of warm things into it, including first love, inspiration, growth, family, and even many questions and hidden plots. If you watch it several times, I believe you will gain a lot.

      The first was the heart A. Miyamoto picked up the heart A at the beach, and Alice also picked it up. Then Alice made a joke, and Miyamoto thought that Alice was trying to confess. But we know that Miyamoto's one is not Alice's at all, and...

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    • By Kelsie 2023-09-29 17:28:44

      One day, we fell in love with the same person, but please believe that I love you more than I love...

    • By Hortense 2023-08-05 19:03:32

      Alice looks like Sister...

    • By Antonio 2023-07-14 16:57:29

      Looking at their youthful faces, listening to their crisp and natural laughter, my emotions are infected unconsciously. That is a beautiful and sincere friendship in...

    • By Jesus 2023-03-12 12:37:21

      A very simple campus...

    • By Hailey 2022-10-20 01:54:36

      The feelings of good friends. . very...

    Movie plot

    Girl Flower ( Suzuki Anne ) and Alice ( Yu Aoi ) are a pair of close friends who grew up together and study ballet in a dance studio every day. Alice has a bold and outgoing personality and is proactive in her pursuit of love. On the other hand, Hua is shy by nature, always immersed in secret crushes, and can't even summon the courage to speak to the boy she likes. All emotional activities are hidden in the semi-underground. While...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    "Hanatoarisu" was made under very special circumstances. At first, it was just about to make a short film, but the director suddenly came up with the idea of ​​"memory loss", and then wrote a script and made a movie.
    In terms of casting, I didn't expect to find Yu Aoi at first, but after receiving her resume, I found out that this girl can not only act, but also dance ballet, which is a bit esoteric. Later, at a press conference, she...
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    Theme Material Theme

    In terms of theme settings, the film chooses to depict the love triangle between two girls and a teenager, which is nothing new in itself. But for Shunji Iwai, the key word of the story is set on the small link of "memory loss", which makes the unexpected development of the plot "completely impossible to predict".
    This is a film about growing up. The youthful and unconscious days of the girls are meticulously expressed in a comical...
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    Evaluation action

    "Flower とアリス" touches on the emotions of adolescence that everyone has experienced. Director Iwai is a great businessman, and youth is the most in-demand commodity in his hands, more popular than erotica and slaughter. What has passed is always immortal, and he knows how to use various means to package youth beautifully. Iwai's film style is always so delicate and beautiful. The protagonists in his films are often delicate and...
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    Movie quotes

    • Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I saw 'Hannibal' on satellite last night.

      Hana: So did I.

      Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: I was scared.

      Hana: Isn't he creepy?

      Setsuko "Alice" Arisugawa: Yeah. Don't you think real people are scarier... than zombies and ghosts?