While the concatenation of deadpan comical moments succeeds in charming audiences, Ugana’s narrative falls flat in the last half-hour.
Tag: Kenichi Ugana
I Fell in Love With a Z-Grade Director in Brooklyn (2025) review [Fantasia Film Festival]
One of the most pleasant surprises of this year.
Love Will Tear Us Apart (2023) review [Camera Japan Festival]
A narrative that blows a refreshing wind in both the slasher and the romance genre.
Extraneous Matter – Complete edition (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]
“A great erotic sci-fi narrative that explores, in an engaging way, the need for a certain amount of sexual desire to make the dynamic of a romantic relation function.”