A pleasant horror-action that beautifully shows that what can poison the subject is the Other he is subjected to.
Category: Youth
December (2023) review [Nippon Connection]
A highly moving and emotionally powerful narrative that explores the struggle of a subject to shake of the winter of his subjectivity.
Baby Assassins: 2 babies (2023) review [Nippon Connection 2023]
Sakamoto’s latest film has such a irresistible charm that even those who normally shy away of action or comedy narratives will leave satisfied.
Ox-Head Village (2022) review
A solid horror-movie that pleasantly utilizes a sense mystery to engage the spectator and fluidly integrated unsettling imagery to put the spectator ill at ease and even scare him/her.
Setagaya Game (2023) review
The Ohara Bros do not only offer the spectator a pleasant concatenation of kicks and punches, but also deliver a touching emotional pay-off.
Short Movie time: Canary (2023) review
Taka Tsubota confirms his talent as director.
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.
Three little Geisha (1973) review
A pleasant but largely forgettable experience.
When morning comes, I feel empty (2023) review [OAFF 2023]
A slow moving narrative that accumulates in a subtle but touching shift in the subjective position of its protagonist.
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.
Cafune (2023) review [OAFF 2023]
A very strong debut by Haruki Kinemura.
Short Movie Time: Detouring Blue (2023) (OAFF 2023)
A highly recommended short that touchingly shows that what dooms the subject to the de-subjectifying effect of the societal Other or to the birth of a subjective deadlock is a situation that chains his/her desire.
Blue Collar Physics (2022) review [Skip-City International D-Cinema festival]
Kobayashi shows that the narrative element of the super-power can be used to explore human subjectivity and to highlight the often antagonistic link between the subject and his Other.
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