Homunkurusu

Well starting from the Manga, it is way a hard piece to adapt, mostly because of his complexity and exploration of the human psyque, in this movie all the interesting charts between the charachters are just empty and as I said before that complexity is lost with this movie. It is not as deep as it should, but good try.

Warning: this is not the cortical homunculus with big hand and lip.

A new Japanese movie on Netflix that adapted from the manga with the same name. A homeless amnesiac got his forehead drilled, which allowed him to use his brain more and see into people's inner trauma.

I didn't know about the manga, so the review is based solely on what I saw. The first half was very interesting, as the main character explored his newly discovered ability. That one scene with the high school girl was so weird and mind-boggling. This first half got me invested to see how far the main character would take his ability.

The second half made a sudden change in tone, and became mystery and drama. I had major issue with this story because things did not have explanations, the buildup did not address the character's background, and the story itself didn't even make that much sense. This second half might improve a little bit of there was more impactful background music. Honestly the second half story wasn't that intriguing.

Also, the premise that if one drills a hole into the brain, and somehow this makes more space for the brain to be used more, was just stupid. This reminded my of Lucy, a movie with Scarlett Johansson where the main character got injected some weird blue stuff and was able to use more than 10% of her brain. At least that makes more sense than the premise of this movie. And the 10% brain usage is a stupid myth.

Overall, an interesting story about guilt and trauma, but the second half became convoluted and messy. 5/10.

Unlike the manga ( which I enjoyed and loved ) this movie was ridiculously adapted. They even changed the whole story to fit in 2 hours long but it has so much details.. it would be better if they made it a series or even an Anime!

I saw this because I was curious about it but turned to be disappointed I was looking for something like the manga at least.. what a shame! :( The ending , the protagonist's and Itou's backstory was different from the manga I hate this :/ I was expecting something at least similar to the original story!!

Anyways I gave this a 5 coz I liked Itou here he was prettier than the manga hehehe.

I enjoyed this movie, it was definitely different to say the least. I never got why everyone kept drilling into each others brain. But I did enjoy the story. It felt a bit drawn out at times I wish it could have been faster. I recommend seeing it and passing your own judgement. Cannot wait to see Ito in another movie, I loved his character the most. Even crazy he was still very much on the attractive side.

Definitely not a movie for everyone unless you are interested in psychology and the outcome of a personal trauma.

The movie is well acted as much very complicated, the characters reveal themselves along as you are able to understand them.

It takes a lot of attention, and every detail count; my advice is.. Watch it.. Only if you are ready for a puzzled full mind fantasy movie.