A brilliant cinematic experience, a wonderful drama that stirs the heart of the spectator by approaching the dimension of loss, the dynamic of memory, and Otherness in a very poetic way.
Tag: Kanichiro
Sheep In The Box (2026) review
The cerebral stillness of the film and its thematical fragmentation constitutes an inviting call for audiences to ponder over its obliquely-raised questions.
The Deepest Space In Us (2025) [Nippon Connection 2026]
Chikuma utilizes his atmospheric blend of intimacy and alienation to assert that the societal field will always fail the Otherness of its subjects and, more importantly, that the deepest space in us is something that continually escapes us.
Awake (2020) review
Atsuhiro Yamada ensures, by delivering an effective visual and musical frame, that his poignant psychological portrait result into a thrilling finale and, ultimately, a heartwarming conclusion.
Desert of Namibia (2024) review [Japannual 2024]
Yoko Yamanaka delivers a cinematic masterpiece of subjectivity.
Kubi (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]
One of best period dramas in recent years.
Any Crybabies Around? (2020) review [22nd Nippon Connection]
“A great drama that sketches out the destructive effect of the gap between one’s signifiers and one’s acts on others and shows the spectator that what the marital ‘motherly’ other truly demands is not simply obedience but love.”
Theatre: A Love Story (2020) Review
A painful but beautiful narrative about the difficulty to instigate subjective change and the impact such struggle has on relations.
Chiwawa (2019) review [Fantasia International Film Festival]
“Ken Ninomiya reconfirms his extra-ordinary talent, proving he is truly one of a kind.”
The Chrysanthemum and The Guillotine (2018) review
“Zeze movingly reveals that the ground for true revolution should be love and its goal the realization of that place where a woman can realize her agency as subject.”