Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! jmovie review

 

Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! is a movie by Miki Satoshi. He is a so-so famous writer/director and the first thing of his I watched was Adrift in Tokyo which I don't remember anything about. 

My favourite Miki Satoshi work is Atami no Sousakan which was weird and interesting. I think his most famous work might be Ore Ore with Kame which I can never mustered enough motivation to watch. His latest movie is Convenience Story and I could not even get to the middle of the movie before quitting. I decided to give Louder!: Can't Hear What You're Singin', Wimp! a go because it has Abe Sadawo and Yoshioka Riho. Surely their combined acting prowess will make this a watchable movie right?

Abe Sadawo is metal singer called Sin who supposedly has this amazing voice because he doped his vocal cords but this is causing damage and he damages his vocal cords during a performance and spurts out enough blood to fill up a hospital blood bank. He runs into Fuka played by Yoshioka Riho, a timid singer who sings in a soft voice. Louder is a comedy about a singer past his prime meeting another singer who he helps realise her potential. Sounds great in concept but I don't get Miki Satoshi's execution.

It feels like Miki Satoshi is doing a poor version Love Exposure, two damaged people who need each other. Watching Louder!, I kept thinking this guy is doing Miike Takashi at his worst. Kind of like Mole Song or Yakuza Apocalypse. Random things just happening, whatever the director finds funny while I am looking at the screen bored out of my brains.

The housing area where Yoshioka Riho lives reminds me of Kisetsu no Nai Machi, super duper colourful and everyone a weirdo. The movie really lost me when it moved to South Korea and I did not give a crap about any of the characters.

Miki Satoshi is a director who just does weird stuff and actors seem to like appearing in his movies but nothing in this movie makes me think this director is great in framing this sequence or creating something funny. I am not watching any more Miki Satoshi movies anymore. Do not watch.