The cerebral stillness of the film and its thematical fragmentation constitutes an inviting call for audiences to ponder over its obliquely-raised questions.
Category: Kore-eda Hirokazu
A Day-Off of Kasumi Arimura: After My Homecoming (2020) review [San Diego Asian Film Festival]
His peaceful slice-of-life narrative delivers an pleasing exploration of the notion of the family secret and how guilt can drive people to pay of their imagined debt.
The Third Murder (2017) Review
An unsettling and powerful account of the problematic aspects marking Japan’s legal system – a system enabling the third murder.”
Shoplifters (2018) review
“A corroboration of the fact that Kore-eda is one of the best directors currently alive.”