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‘Look Back’ Review: Once Past the Over- Preciousness of a Child’s World, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Manga Adaptation Becomes a Moving Tribute to Friendship

There’s barely an adult in sight in Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Look Back,” where anyone out of school age is marginalized practically to the point of superfluidity. Like much in the first half of this sweet — at times too sweet — adaptation from Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga of the same title, also made into an animated film […]

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‘Look Back’ Review: Once Past the Over- Preciousness of a Child’s World, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Manga Adaptation Becomes a Moving Tribute to Friendship
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