Kumakiri offers a fresh breath in the Japanese sports genre by focusing on trauma, the ill-fitting of the subject within the societal Other, and the importance of forming bonds with the other.
Tag: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Yoko (2023) review
A complex full-bodied filmic wine that cannot but stir the spectator’s emotions.
#Manhole (2023) review
A highly engaging and twist-rich narrative that beautifully illustrates the continued importance of the image for the subject as well as the disastrous effects of the frustration of the desire to be recognized.
Our recommendations: Fantasia 2023
Any cinephile should watch these 5 Japanese movies at the Fantasia Film Festival.
After the sunset (2019) review [Nippon Connection online]
“With a fine sensibility Michio Koshikawa explores the fact that motherhood is not played out at the level of biology, but at the level of society and the signifier.”
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