Fukushima’s latest might lack the depth some other short films have, this does not stop his Sci-fi romance music video from being a pleasant narrative that also succeeds in touching the spectator.
Category: Short film
Short Movie Time: A Wolf’s Calling (2019) [Japan Cuts 2020]
“A powerful subjective statement against the prowling nature of the Japanese police.”
Short Movie Time: Wheel Music (2019) review [Japan Cuts]
“A pleasing visual and auditive experiment.”
Short Movie Time: Fuel (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2020]
“Not only a composition honouring the art of grilling and the joy of eating, but also a subtle plea to protect this tradition, a tradition closely intertwined with the flow of nature.”
Short Film Time: Birdland (2019) [Japan Cuts 2020]
“Kogahara skillfully uses the operation of association to evoke that what, at a verbal level, remains avoided.”
Japan Cuts 2020: Our recommendations.
“We introduce our recommendations for this year’s Japan Cuts, including Labyrinth of Cinema (2019), Murders of Oiso (2019), Extro (2020), Roar (2019), and Shell and Joint (2019).”
Short Movie Review: Heaven is still far away (2016)
“An enjoyable narrative, offering a pleasing cinematographical composition and truly beautiful and naturally conversations.”
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”
