Sankaku Review

Sankaku

Japanese Title: さんかく

Chinese Title: 三角

2010

Language: Japanese

Genre: Romance, Drama

Synopsis:

During the school break, 15-year-old Momo (Erena Ono) goes to Tokyo to spend the vacation with her sister Kayo (Tomoko Tabata). Kayo is living with her partner Momose (Sousuke Takaoka). The couple’s relationship is already sour prior to Momo’s arrival. To add insult to injury, Momose becomes infatuated with the sweet Momo. Eventually, Momo goes back to her hometown when school is about to start. Believing that the feelings are mutual, Momose breaks up with his girlfriend to be with Momo. However, he is emotionally tortured when Momo never responds to his calls and messages.

Cheerfulnuts’ Review:

It’s quite common to hear stories about someone cheating on his/her lover with the “bestfriend”. Sankaku also narrates such stories, but the “bestfriend” is a sibling instead who is below eighteen.

Sankaku is presented from Momose’s perspective. It’s not hard to see why he had fallen for Momo. Momo is very sweet, pretty, innocent-looking, and young. But at the same time, she is also subtly seductive. Erena Ono did a great job for portraying Momo. Actually, her appearance perfectly fits the role. I also think that Sousuke Takaoka and Tomoko Tabata are great in this movie. For a movie with limited dialogues, the delivery depends entirely on the cast. And I think the movie has successfully conveyed its story.

If you’re a guy, Momo is someone you’d love to hate but can’t. To us girls, we’d love to pull her hair out if we see a real-to-life Momo. What could be worse than cheating with your own sibling’s lover? The guy really had messed up his life for breaking up with Kayo to be with a kid. I pity Kayo, but she should not be too clingy. She is very scary after the breakup though.

I appreciate the story. The plot is so simple, yet it has tackled a lot of things about human emotions. What I realized from this movie is that feelings are very hard to understand. Love can be easily mixed up with infatuation. Temptation is hard to resist. When we love, we should not forget to use our head and our values.

After watching the movie, my twin sister loves me even more for being a gazillion times better than Momo. She keeps telling me, “I’m so thankful you’re not Momo chan.”

Cheerfulnuts’ Verdict:

8 out of 10 stars