“This highly effective and thoughtfully composed cocktail of tension and mystery (…) becomes nothing other than one of the most powerful plea’s for more serious attention to mental health in Japanese society.”
Category: Indie
The Path Leading To Love (2018) review
“Takayama Kohei has potential as director as he treats the spectator on some truly exquisite shot-compositions and frames the devastating effects of alcoholism and the importance of love in the coming into being of the subject in a precise and creative way.”
The Name (2018) Review
“A beautiful narrative that shows that a genuine bonding, a bonding beyond the preoccupation with the superficial ego-images, is still possible – and is now more needed than ever.”
Inherit the Stars: the director’s cut (2016) review
“Suenaga shows an amazing aptitude to blend genres and to stage his humanistic vision in a surprising and unconventional way.”
Short Movie Time: One Last Time (2018)
“The rather intriguing atmospheric blend of music and imagery shows Artegg-Yumi’s artistic ability and promise to craft narratives that are uniquely hers. “
映画監督との話し合い: Takeuchi Yosuke [日本語]
“しかし彼らと接すれば接するほど、障害というものが個性の一部だと思うようになってくるような気がします。なぜならば、彼らから大きな力を得ることがとても多いからです。”
モダン・ラブ (2017) レビュー
“新しい物語と映像美を生み出す才能に恵まれた福島拓哉を堪能できる、ものすごい作品である。”
Good-bye Silence (2018) review
“While Ugana understands the power of cinematography and brings interesting ideas on the table, he has not yet found the way to bring his vision in a way that touches the spectator.”
Bad Poetry Tokyo (2018) Review
“A splendid debut full-length feature […] poignantly underlining the destructive effects of abuse on subjectivity as such.”
Modern Love (2017) review
“A great narrative (…) that proves Takuya Fukushima’s talent to craft refreshing narratives and to compose beautiful imagery.”
Meeting with directors: Eiji Uchida.
“When shooting in Tokyo, Uchida and his crew once bet on how long it would take for the yakuza to show up: one minute after they started shooting.” Introduction Yesterday, we had the chance to meet Eiji Uchida, the director of Greatful Dead (2013), Lowlife Love (2015), and Love and Other Cults (2017) at the Belgian…
Talks with directors Matsumoto Yusaku
“By making this movie, I felt like I could meet my deceased friend again somewhere”.
