LAND OF NEW MOVIES

After water comes snow, at least for Umizaru director Hasumi Eiichiro. Following the blockbuster success of the Umizaru franchise, Hasumi serves up another exuberant crowd-pleaser with Giniro no Season (a.k.a. Season of Snow and The Silver Season). Eita (Summer Time Machine Blues), Tanaka Rena (Waiting in the Dark), Tamayama Tetsuji (NANA, Freesia), and Aoki Munetaka (Tokyo Rhapsody) answer the call of the snow in this fearless high-octane ode to skiing, excitingly captured at high speeds on Spider-cam. From ski jumps and parachutes to skiing on railings, rooftops, and even rivers, Giniro no Season is a fabulous sight to behold, living up to its popcorn billing with exhilarating ski action and a photogenic cast outshone only by the stunning mountain vistas on display.

Slacker extreme skiers Gin (Eita), Yuji (Tamayama Tetsuji), and Juro (Aoki Munetaka) live life at top speed on the snow white peaks of Hakuba. Other than skiing and more skiing, the three "Alpine Handymen" run odds jobs, ruffle feathers, and make reckless fun, often all at the same time. Gin lands himself a ski instructor gig when city girl Nanami (Tanaka Rena) shows up at the Dogwood Ski Lodge to prepare for her lavish ice chapel wedding. A crash course is in order since her groom-to-be is an expert skier, and she can't even take the bunny hill without, well, crashing. Impatient speed freak Gin and perennially clumsy Nanami couldn't be more different at first gander, but they're both struggling to let go of the past, looking for answers that can only be found on two skis. ~from yesasia~