Top Cast
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Satomi Kobayashi
Taeko
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Mikako Ichikawa
Haruna
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Ryo Kase
Yomogi
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Ken Mitsuishi
Yuji
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Masako Motai
Sakura
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Hiroko Yakushimaru
Morishita
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Ken
Koji
Overview
An overworked career woman leaves her life in the city for an island vacation only to encounter eccentric local inhabitants.
Rating
2 Reviews
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Walruse7 Feb 4, 2018A slow and mellow feelgood comedy with some subtle absurdist touches about the career woman taking a break to a quiet island village. Works well as a lifter upper when life is heavy. But it also has an unintentional dark flip side once you start analyzing it; A mysterious central leader that promotes a low nutrition diet while collecting "gifts" and leading collective "merci" exercises in the sun and spending days doing introspective "twilighting" and projecting carefree happiness on a secluded location with limited outside communications... Is this a cult in the making? Yes, I'm joking. Maybe.
- Alunauwie8 Jan 1, 2026
Megane follows Taeko, a woman seeking quiet who instead confronts unwanted interactions that slowly teach her the value of slowing down. Through minimal dialogue, gentle rhythms, and a sunlit island setting, the film portrays transformation not through conflict but through acceptance and presence. It becomes a meditative reminder that true calm is not something we chase, but something we learn to allow. Read the full review here: (Indonesian version : alunauwie.com) and (English version : uwiepuspita.com)
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