A pleasant comical romance narrative.
Category: Romance
Short Movie Time: Necessary & unnecessary (2022) review [JFFH 2023]
A quirky little narrative that explores the necessity of forming inter-subjective social bonds.
Egoist (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]
Matsunaga’s heartfelt and heart-breaking narrative goes beyond the gay-dynamic to show that the lack that injures the subject complicates and radically determines the way he approaches the object of his ‘love’.
Thorns of Beauty (2023) [Nippon Connection 2023]
Hideo’s latest uncovers the deep marks that the thorns of phallic beauty have left on contemporary society.
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998) review
A blast from start to finish (…) one of the best idiosyncratic romance narratives from the late nineties.
Kaito Ruby (1988) review
A highly satisfying rom-com about phallic stupidity and desire’s subjective impact.
Ghost in the Well (1957) review
Toshikazu Kono hits all the right emotional notes to deliver a satisfying tragic love story.
Little Nights, Little Love (2019) review
“A very enjoyable and heart-warming romance narrative.”
GO (2001) review
An exquisite structured exploration of how fictions of nationality fracture and shape they societal field as well as the subjects subject to it and the relational dynamics they establish.
The Door into Summer (2021)
“Miki’s narrative fails to truly engage the spectator into Soichiro’s subjective position and his trajectory.”
Short Movie Time: Shall We Love You? (2022) [OAFF 2023]
A nice little heart-warming short that questions the connection between love and happiness.
Rodan (1956) review [The Godzilla Project]
Honda delivers a bleak and disconcerting outlook on the optimistic post-war reparative economic growth.
People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind (2023) review [OAFF 2023]
Kaneko convincingly shows that the symptomatic usage of the plushie attempts to repair the tensive bond with the Other or subdue its overbearing presence.
New Religion (2022) review
A splendid horror-drama narrative that will keep the spectator on the edge of his seat from start to finish.
We’re Dead (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]
A great narrative that explores the irreducible Otherness that marks our relationships in an effective way.
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