Category: Social critique

Conflagration (1958) review

A narrative that serenely depicts the possible outcome of a subject’s failure to find, in a post-war landscape, someone to carry the Name-Of-The-Father.

Plan 75 (2022) review

Hayakawa hauntingly confronts the spectator with what would happen if the existence of the subject was radically reduced by the government to how much he/she financially contributes to the society.

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.

Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) review [The Godzilla Project]

A splendid Godzilla narrative that does not only delivers Kaiju action in a satisfying and engaging way but also continues the questioning of the blossoming of the capitalistic logic within Japanese societal field and the state of the post-war atomic truth in a constructive way.

New Religion (2022) review

A splendid horror-drama narrative that will keep the spectator on the edge of his seat from start to finish.

MAD CATS (2023) review

A dose of cinematic pleasure that does not only provides the laughs but also engages the spectator with well-choreographed action.

Rageaholic (2022) review

“A great dystopian narrative that clearly gives expression the director’s fear of certain right-wing tendencies that linger within Japanese society.”