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I Wish

I Wish

Drama · 2011

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

Movie details

I Wish

“They wished for a miracle.”

2011 Drama 2h 7m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.4 / 10

8.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

93 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

80 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Twelve-year-old Koichi, who has been separated from his brother Ryunosuke due to his parents' divorce, hears a rumor that the new bullet trains will precipitate a wish-granting miracle when they pass each other at top speed.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over I Wish?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Written by

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Koki Maeda

Koki Maeda

Koichi Osako

Oshirō Maeda

Oshirō Maeda

Ryoonosuke Kinami

N

Nene Otsuka

Nozomi Osako

Joe Odagiri

Joe Odagiri

Kenji Kinami

R

Ryôga Hayashi

Tasuku

H

Hoshinosuke Yoshinaga

Shin Ota

Kyara Uchida

Kyara Uchida

Megumi Ariyoshi

Court is in session

Put I Wish on trial.

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

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.