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Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

Animation · Drama · Family · 2021

Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbor is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair's tender relationship.

Movie details

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko

2021 Animation · Drama · Family 1h 37m

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7.0 / 10

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Brash single mother Nikuko is well-known for her bold spirit, much to the embarrassment of Kikuko, her pensive yet imaginative daughter. In contrast to her mother, Kikuko wants nothing more than to fit in as she navigates the everyday social dramas of middle school. Life in the harbor is peaceful until a shocking revelation from the past threatens to uproot the pair's tender relationship.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ayumu Watanabe

Written by

Satomi Oshima

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Nikuko-chan (voice)

Cocomi

Cocomi

Kikuko (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Ninomiya (voice)

Ikuji Nakamura

Ikuji Nakamura

Sassan (voice)

Izumi Ishii

Izumi Ishii

Maria (voice)

Atsushi Yamanishi

Atsushi Yamanishi

Zenji (voice)

Yuichi Yasoda

Yuichi Yasoda

Old man at the aquarium / Other characters (voice)

Court is in session

Put Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.