Based on the excellent, homonymous novel by Banana Yoshimoto, “Goodby Tsugumi” (or “Tugumi” as it was referred to in the 90s) takes a number of creative liberties in comparison to the adaptation, which result, though, in a movie that is somewhat uneven and too “literature-like”.
Starting in similar fashion with the way the book is structured, the movie begins with Maria narrating her life in Tokyo and her past in the seaside town she grew up with her mother Masako, her aunt and uncle who run an inn with the help of her mother, and their two daughters, Tsugumi and Yoko. Thus, we are introduced to the titular character, a girl who was rather sickly from birth, but the pampering she received from everyone around her resulted in becoming a spoiled brat with a poisonous tongue who could not stop taking advantage or insulting any person that ever crossed her path.
Starting in similar fashion with the way the book is structured, the movie begins with Maria narrating her life in Tokyo and her past in the seaside town she grew up with her mother Masako, her aunt and uncle who run an inn with the help of her mother, and their two daughters, Tsugumi and Yoko. Thus, we are introduced to the titular character, a girl who was rather sickly from birth, but the pampering she received from everyone around her resulted in becoming a spoiled brat with a poisonous tongue who could not stop taking advantage or insulting any person that ever crossed her path.
- 5/11/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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