We bring you “Cinema Previews” picked up by movie reporters from currently released movies. Screening schedule is subject to change without notice. Please contact each movie theater for the latest screening schedule.

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“Angry Squad: The Civil Servant and the Seven Swindlers”

A work with a unique setting in which a tax officer and a fraudster team up to take on an unscrupulous businessman. The film is based on the Korean drama “My Ex-Boyfriend is a Genius Swindler ~38th Riot Police~” by Shinichiro Ueda, director of “Don’t Stop the Camera!”.

Kumazawa (Seiyo Uchino), a serious tax officer, falls into a scam and is swindled out of a large amount of money. Kumazawa tracks down the culprit Himuro (Masaki Okada). However, Himuro offers to take away the equivalent amount of tax evasion from Tachibana (Yukietsu Ozawa), a businessman whom Kumazawa is pursuing on suspicion of tax evasion, if he will overlook it. Kumazawa, who has a grudge against Tachibana, accepts the proposal and begins a plan to subdue Tachibana with his friends.

Although the film was planned before the release of “Don’t Stop the Camera!”, it has the same structure – depicting the struggle of a team to solve a difficult problem, with many twists and turns. This time too, countless foreshadowings are revealed, and the story defies the audience’s expectations and takes several twists and turns before landing on a bright note. It feels really good.

Uchino gives a great performance as the timid Kumazawa grows up as he pretends to be a big shot in order to deceive Tachibana. Okada’s performance as the genius con artist Himuro is also good. He didn’t let us read his inner thoughts until the end, and he successfully fooled the audience.

Now available nationwide. 2 hours. (cultivation)

“True identity”

An escaped death row inmate narrowly escapes police pursuit and continues hiding. He seems to have a purpose.

A film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Michito Fujii, the popular director of films such as “10 Years to Live.” Ryusei Yokohama plays the main character, who is thin and thin and keeps on running away with his eyes shining brightly. There was also a “Village” (Reiwa 5) in Yokohama and Fujii, but it was far more wonderful.

Many people would call it a social work. I saw Koran as a fantasy. In that way, this escape drama feels more realistic. The strong and pure message that the work conveys, “If you insist that the right thing is right, there will be people who will believe you,” reaches straight to your heart. There is a bloody scene, but this is completely unnecessary.

It will be released nationwide from the 29th. 2 hours. (Ken)

“At a hotel near the mountains”

The story depicts a heroine who is torn between the roles of a mother and a woman in the beautiful nature of Switzerland. The director is Maxim Lappas, who makes his feature debut.

Claudine (Jeanne Balibar), a seamstress who lives in a town near the Alps, lives with her disabled son. Once a week, she visits a hotel in the mountains wearing a white dress and has one-off relationships with various men. However, when she meets Michael (Thomas Sabacher), she wishes to live as a woman again…

I am overwhelmed by Balibar’s elegant charm. It’s heartbreaking to see her sweet dreams uncontrollably expand inside her, who has lived only for her son. Persons under 15 years of age are not allowed to view. A Swiss-French-Belgian co-production.

It will be released nationwide from the 29th. 1 hour 32 minutes. (cultivation)

“Lumiere! Lumiere!”

A sequel to Lumière! (2017), a collection of images by Louis and Auguste Lumière, brothers who invented the cinematograph (photography and projector) in 1895 and are called the fathers of cinema.

This documentary feature film is a compilation of 110 films, including new works, and is directed, written, edited, and narrated by Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, as in the previous film.

The music of Fauré, who lived at the same time as the brothers, plays along with the video, creating a work of art. Above all, Frémaux’s narration explains not only film history but also from an aesthetic perspective, making this a must-see not only for movie fans but also for those aspiring to enter the film industry. French movie.

Now open to the public. 1 hour 45 minutes. (Kei)