“An engaging narrative about how violence directed to oneself can evolve into a violence towards others.”
Category: drama
Flowers of Evil (2019) Review
“(The narrative) unearths the struggle that the blossoming of one’s polymorph perverse sexuality can have on one’s process of coming-into-being in a beautiful way.”
Stolen (2019) Review.
“This year’s indie-gem.”
Short Movie Time: Sense of Sin (2018)
“Hatayama succeeded in crafting a creative and moving exploration of the inability of a subject to escape his unresolved trauma as well as his guilt.”
Yeah (2018) review
“An experimental narrative that successfully critiques the current state of Japan’s mental healthcare.”
Blue Hour (2019) review [Japannual 2019]
“With her impressive and touching debut, Yuko Hakota reveals herself as one very promising director. “
Jesus (2019) review [Japan Camera Festival]
“A promising debut of Hiroshi Okuyama”.
Red Snow (2019) review [Camera Japan Festival 2019]
“Those (spectators) that give the narrative a chance will become captivated by its moving evocation of the tension between speech and truth.”
Sea (2018) review
“This narrative reveals and displays Takahashi’s talent in cinematographical composing and in evoking natural emotions.”
Sidejob (2017) Review [Japannual 2018]
“Excels in bringing the subjective impact such disastrous event can have sensibly and powerfully to the fore.”
