Rohan Kishibe is a mangaka who can read people like a book. At work on a new creation, Rohan recalls a tale of the blackest painting ever made. Called the most evil of paintings, it used a paint that should not exist. Driven by the events linked to it, Rohan and his editor, Izumi, go to the Louvre in France for answers. (Source: Amazon) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Kishibe Rohan Louvre e Iku" (岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く) by Araki Hirohiko (荒木飛呂彦). Edit Translation
- English
- magyar / magyar nyelv
- עברית / עִבְרִית
- dansk
- Native Title: 岸辺露伴 ルーヴルへ行く
- Also Known As: Rohan at the Louvre , Kishibe Rohan Louvre e Iku
- Director: Watanabe Kazutaka
- Screenwriter: Kobayashi Yasuko
- Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror, Supernatural
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Cast & Credits
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![Takahashi Issei in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)]( "Takahashi Issei in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)")
Takahashi IsseiKishibe RohanMain Role -
![Iitoyo Marie in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)]( "Iitoyo Marie in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)")
Iitoyo MarieIzumi KyokaSupport Role -
![Nagao Kento in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)]( "Nagao Kento in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)")
Nagao KentoKishibe Rohan [Young]Support Role -
![Kimura Fumino in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)]( "Kimura Fumino in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)")
Kimura FuminoNanaseSupport Role -
![Ando Masanobu in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)]( "Ando Masanobu in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)")
Ando MasanobuRyunosuke TatsumiSupport Role -
![Minami in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)]( "Minami in Rohan au Louvre Japanese Movie (2023)")
MinamiNoguchi EmaSupport Role
Reviews
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"At the Louvre I saw the Black"
Kishibe Rohan takes his supernatural ability to read people like a book on the road to Paris. At the Louvre he will confront a relentless evil residing in a hidden painting. The story jumps back and forth in time with much of the story told in the past. Fair warning: If you have arachnophobia you will want to avoid this film at all costs.Rohan is working on a new manga and after remembering a story about the blackest of blacks, so black it doesn’t reflect light and is in essence invisible, decides to hunt a painting down that uses the rare pigment. Death and spiders follow the path that takes him to an auction for a painting and then to the Louvre in search of the original.
The cinematography ranged from gauzy and ethereal, to elegant, to dark and foreboding. Discordant notes and chords accompanied the creepier facets of the film. The supernatural elements of Rohan’s gift and the cursed painting were well done, especially for someone who has neither read the manga nor watched the drama.
Takahashi Issei can always be counted on to give a layered performance even when wearing a headband designed for a manga character. He actually played two characters, giving them both separate personalities ranging from light to absolute darkness. Marie Iitoyo as Rohan’s editor seemed out of place with her childlike acting. Kimura Fumino matched the mood of the film as the haunted Nanase. The Louvre could almost be counted as a cast member with its lovely exhibits, own complex history, and gloomy, forgotten vaults.
The film felt like it might have been better served as a two-episode drama due to all of the backstories which took up a substantial amount of time. Both of the trips to the past felt overly long. Not having the compelling Issei on the screen also took away from the forward momentum of the story. Overall, it was a strange, creepy (crawly!) movie that did manage to integrate the past and the present connections to the sinister painting lurking in the shadowy corners of the Louvre.
10/25/23
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