The title and the look of Karthi have created a lot of Buzz in the country, about Japan, but it’s just Ok. It’s about Gold theft and it was not handled at a faster pace.
The movie runs at a slow pace, but the performance of the hero is just OK. You cannot say that it is a bad movie either.
After starting off well, the movie quickly declines due to a lackluster story accompanied by a weak screenplay. Writer-director Raju Murugan falls short of making Japan an engaging movie all the way.
The director could have developed a concise screenplay that might have improved the film’s overall pace.
Anu Emmanuel adds little value to the film. Throughout, she barely appears for more than 10 minutes and even her scenes with Karthi lack appeal. We can say that the chemistry is missing between them.
The editing should have been more slick. Sunil the actor does well in the movie and the music director did his job to the extent possible. Full reports on the box office collections are awaited.
Karthi has done this movie as it looked different to him. But all said and done on the whole it is ok.
