Synopsis: Osaka 2011, the National Audit Bureau was sent to the city of Osaka to do a government audit on institutions to assess irregularities in government money. Hajime Matsudaira (Shinichi Tsutsumi), Tadako Torii (Haruka Ayase) and Asahi Gainsbourg (Masaki Okada) were sent to do this grueling task. Everything went as planned except for the one occasion when Matsudaira-san mindlessly forgotten his mobile at the H.R.H. Foundation. This started a chain reaction that will bring these three unassuming National Audit Bureau members into the mystery of the city.
Through a series of investigation they discovered a 400-year-old secret buried beneath the City of Osaka.
Review: This was quite a disappointment in the end because admittedly the first half of the movie was very enjoyable and entertaining. It (unfortunately) began to falter towards a cliched second part of the movie. The movie sold itself as a high-pace comedy that began smartly but somehow towards the second half decided to change course towards the dramatic. This is when it became apparent that perhaps it oversold its intent at the beginning of the movie. As you can tell from my opinion of this movie I was rather disappointed but don't let this be a testament of the movie's merit
It has its moments of belly-aching laughter, smart puns, random and yet clever scripting so I think as a movie it was enjoyable to a certain extent. Don't let this deter you from viewing it because it has quite a fascinating plot. Let's just say... a Japanese version of Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code. Tabloid drama (or comedy, depending on how you look at it) with an edge.
Having said all of that just remember to eat something before this movie or you'll end up craving something at the end. I'm just trying to warn you now before it's too late.
Rating: 2.5/5 stars
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