Bleach (2018)

Director: Shinsuke Sato

Starring: Sôta Fukushi, Hana Sugisaki, Ryô Yoshizawa

A Japanese teenager can see ghosts and sees a cute girl fighting an evil monster. He ends up with her reaper power and she as human in his high school class. He discovers a connection between his mom’s death and these monsters.

‘Bleach’ reminds me a lot of the South Korean film, ‘Woochi’, which I absolutely love. ‘Bleach’ is a well made film, with some really good visuals. The wire effects during some of the stunt work is a bit too obvious, though.

The film blends action, adventure, fantasy, humor and even romance to create a multi-genre film. This is a fun, not too complicated film that I can’t really fault. (I’m just curious: Ichigo has two very young sisters, yet his mother died when he himself was very young. The sisters refer to his mother as their mother, and there’s never mention of another woman in his Dad’s life. This is never explained.)

In Japanese.

Would I watch it again? I’m not sure. I’d probably rather watch ‘Woochi’.