“An enjoyable narrative, offering a pleasing cinematographical composition and truly beautiful and naturally conversations.”
Category: Short film
Short movie time: Stay Home Runway [ 4 short films] (2020)
Introduction That the time of social distancing under the covid-19 pandemic can also be an excellent moment to be creative was already underlined by Shinichiro Ueda and his remotely shot One Cut of The Dead mission: Remote (2020). Another director who took it upon herself to unleash her creativity is none other than Kasumi Hiraoka,…
Short Movie Review: One Cut of The Dead mission: Remote (2020)
“A fun, uplifting, and heartwarming narrative that successfully plays with the limitation of social distancing.”
Short Movie Time: She’s Gone (2018)
“With this short narrative, Sara Ogawa proves that she’s an extremely talented director.”
Short Movie Time: Hammock (2018) [OAFF 2020]
“Kentaro Kishi reveals himself as a master of framing small moments of endearing happiness as well as a director with poetic sensibilities.”
Short Movie Time: Coming Back Sunny [2019]
“Noriko Yuasa succeeds in visualizing the bursting impact of love in a fresh and highly visual way.”
Short Movie Time: Nagisa (2017) [OAFF 2018]
“Takeshi Kogahara’s impresses with his highly evocative tragedy of subjective inhibition.”
Short Movie Time: Yukkuri/slowly (2019) [OAFF 2019]
“A creative experiment that successfully plays with the notion of the unsaid and affirms her visual sensitivity and her compositional strength.”
Short Movie Time: Tokyo Girl [PFF2019]
“Hashimoto offers a more clear analysis of the problems subjects have to cope with within contemporary society than most feature-length movies do in there entire run-time”
Short Movie Time: When The Rain Stops (2018) [PFF 2019]
“A bittersweet narrative that questions the possibility of friendship beyond the mere ego-to-ego interactions.”
Short Movie Time: Jujuba (2018)
“An evocative expression of subjectivity (…) that successfully reveals how beyond non-understanding subjects do define each other through the signifier/word.”
Short Movie Time: Carpe Diem (2019) review
“An engaging narrative about how violence directed to oneself can evolve into a violence towards others.”
Short Movie Time: Repeat after me (2018)
“A moving narrative about the deceptive nature of our ego, the very need for the subject to come into touch with his own desire in a moving way. “
short movie time: Breakers (2018)
“Minami Goto reveals her rich talent as writer and director, positioning herself in pole position to become a new strong voice in Japanese cinema.”
Ten Years Japan (2018) review
“And while these alarming narratives might not be able to agitate Japanese politicians, [these narratives] is still a moving warning that everyone should see.”
