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From popular franchises to brand new worlds of exploration, science fiction and fantasy stories are more popular than ever. Check out our list of the best and brightest new and upcoming movies and series.

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The story of Dr. Koichiro, who moves from Japan to Kenya to volunteer as a doctor for child soldiers.

This is a MUST WATCH - just have plenty of tissues handy............

In complete agreement with the other user review. I am so happy that I watched this film. It is a captivating but true story about a Japanese doctor who found his calling in Africa. He was only there a short three years but had a tremendous impact on the many ill and injured, many who were children soldiers forced into fighting in Sudan. This is a must watch film.

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The Lion Standing in the Wind

I DIDN&#39;T WANT to watch it......I WASN&#39;T GOING to watch it.....but I&#39;m  so very GLAD I DID. You will cry a river of tears at the end.....but  it&#39;s worth the sucking hole it leaves in your chest where your heart  used to be. Just have a box of tissues and some water handy....and  you&#39;ll need chocolate...LOTS of it; because without chocolate you will  never recover your soul after watching this. In reality this movie  should really have &#39;Tragedy&#39; added to any description of it.  It&#39;s a haunting film, made all the more heart-wrenching by the fact  it&#39;s based on a true story; Koichiro Shimada (breath-takingly played by  Osawa Takao) was a real man, and this movie was adapted from the novel  &#39;Kaze Ni Tatsu Lion (The Lion Standing in the Wind)&#39; written by Masashi  Sada. She also wrote a song about him of the same name (sung at the end  of the movie). The song, and therefore the book, were all written based  up on love letters he sent whilst he was in Africa. It should also be  noted, because I for one am so thankful to him, that the catalyst for  this adaptation was Osawa Takao himself. It seems he was so emotionally  affected by the song that he really pushed Sada to adapt the song into  a novel, and then this beautiful, haunting, heartbreaking film.  I am not this clever. I found all this out because the movie just made  me want to know more. That, to me at least, is the sign of a wonderful  story - when you have to find out more about the characters involved;  though for me I was hoping against hope the ending was merely poetic  licence and Dr Shimada was still out there. From the movie&#39;s timeline  I&#39;m guessing we&#39;d be about the same age now (I&#39;m 51 - he&#39;d be a few  years older), so for me (who also has very poor health and a lot of  respect for the doctors and nurses who help me survive another day)  this story was very poignant and heartbreaking on too many levels to  count.  I normally advise people to avoid tragedies - our every day lives are  distressing and merciless enough without the unnecessary addition of  &#39;entertainment&#39; that also renders us puddles of snot of and tears in  our own homes. But this movie MUST be the exception to that rule - it&#39;s  a MUST WATCH; if for no other reason than to show respect and support  for the supreme effort this man gave to save lives in a country that  was not even his own.  As the song says, and remember this song is based on his letters, &quot;I  want to live a life without stagnation; I want to be a lion standing in  the wind.&quot; His last ever letter said - &quot;do me a favour, just be happy.&quot;  Perhaps we should all take that approach to life; live without  stagnation, enjoy the breeze and just be happy...............

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The Lion Standing in the Wind

Uplifting tear jerker

This is a MUST WATCH - just have plenty of tissues handy............

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