After his parent's divorce, Saito Kazuo moves with his mother from Onomichi and must leave his girlfriend behind. At his new school, Kazuo is surprised to reunite with his childhood friend Kazumi. "Remember I kissed you, saying I'll marry you when we're grown ups?" He feels embarrassed around Kazumi, who talks about their early childhood stories without any reserve. Kazumi has a boyfriend named Yamamoto Hiroshi. Kazuo is annoyed with Hiroshi's attitude, but with Kazumi, they naturally start to get comfortable with each other again just like old times. Kazumi's family runs a long-standing soba noodle restaurant. Her very lively, Japanese family consists of her parents, her grandfather, and a very young niece. She has one older brother who lives away in Tokyo. One day, Kazumi invites Kazuo to her house. After talking about old times, they walk to a place from their childhood called the "Lonely Watering Place". "Kazuo, the water here is very good. That's why our soba noodles also taste so good." Kazuni tries to scoop up some water with a dipper and the two accidentally fall into the water. They quickly crawl out, but suddenly realize that they have switched bodies! (In the following, Kazuo's mind inside Kazumi's body will be referred to as "KAZUO", and Kazumi's mind inside Kazuo's body will be referred to as "KAZUMI".) They go home, to the others family, who know nothing about the switch, but they seem rattled. Upset with the whole situation, the two both leave their homes. KAZUO says to sobbing KAZUMI, "For today, I'll have to play you and you'll have to play me." Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- dansk
- Norsk
- Native Title: 転校生 -さよなら あなた-
- Also Known As: Switching - Goodbye Me
- Screenwriter & Director: Obayashi Nobuhiko
- Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama, Supernatural
Cast & Credits
- Renbutsu Misako Main Role
- Morita Naoyuki Main Role
- Shimizu MisaSaito Naoko [Kazuo's Mother]Support Role
- Atsugi TakuroYamamoto HiroshiSupport Role
- Terashima SakiAkemi Yoshino (Kazuo's ex-girlfriend)Support Role
- Ishida HikariOhno Mitsuko [Teacher]Support Role
Reviews
Is this movie blatant child corn?
I cant help but notice how many times they had my poor girly in literal underwear and no shirt.. and one scene the boy is fondling her in the woods and an actual pervert tries to kidnap her, how is this funny? They try to play it off as lighthearted and silly but no that isnt cute. But thats why im watching it on youtube cause im scared to find out if the director actually is a pedo!Anyways... the kids are pretty grwat actors, its so hilarious in the beginning... the middle gets kind of slow, too much child pedo stuff, then slow paced repetetiveness. Okay halfway into the movie a girls changing room... so yes this is so obviously a movie made by a creep!
At this point i cant help but feel upset because this movie was so funny and cute and silly. I would say this is a skip unless you wanna watch the first few minutes until they "switch". After that, its very uncomfortable.