“A pleasing and moving questioning of fatherhood and the role of love in bringing subjects together.”
Category: Indie
On the Edge of Their Seats (2020) [OAFF 2020]
‘One of the most powerful narratives concerning desire to date.’
Kuma Elohim (2018) review
“A captivating exploration of the conflictual tension between sexual desire, love, and plight.”
Roar (2020) review
“A great debut for Katayama.”
Good-bye (2020) [OAFF 2020]
“A subtle but uncompromising exploration of the oedipal problematic”
The Murders of Oiso (2019) review [OAFF 2020]
“Highly original and touching to boot. (…) highly recommended.”
Small Commentaries: Friends of Japanese Indie Cinema.
A commentary of a night with friends of the Japanese indie-scene.
Paradise Lost (2020) Review
“Fukuma delivers a highly original exploration of the subject’s need to secure a place for himself to desire from.”
Kushina (2018) review [OAFF 2018]
“A strong statement against suffocating parental desires, desires that do not give the child the necessary space and time to let his own desire comes to fruition.”
Obake (2019) review [PFF Festival]
“This narrative proves that creativity still has a place within the art of cinema.”
Mimicry Freaks (2019) review
“An amazing horror film and a gripping exploration of the cycle of abuse and the horrors child-abuse quite often lead to.”
Demolition Girl (2019) review
“One of the most emotionally powerful coming-of-age narratives of this year.”
Cry (2019) Review
“A strangely powerful narrative on life’s monotonous cyclicity.”
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.”
