Takahata gives the spectator a chance to re-appreciate the joys and sorrows of ‘analog’ interactions, in the formation of connections without the support of digital interconnectivity
Tag: Kenta Hamano
Yoko (2023) review
A complex full-bodied filmic wine that cannot but stir the spectator’s emotions.
The Door into Summer (2021)
“Miki’s narrative fails to truly engage the spectator into Soichiro’s subjective position and his trajectory.”
Remain in Twilight (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]
“Matsui delivers another masterpiece that will long linger in the spectator’s mind.”
A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic (2019) review [Japannual 2019]
‘Katagiri’s perfectly executed tonal shift turns Saki’s subjective journey into a truly touching experience.’
My Father, The bride (2019) review [Japannual 2019]
“A truly pleasant cinematographical narrative that succeeds, notwithstanding its lightheartedness, in formulating a truly relevant message.”
Homecoming (2017) review [Japannual 2018]
“A fine piece of cinematography on the flexibility of subjectivity. “
Snow Flower (2019) review
“A narrative that is, at no point, able to evoke the power of the song it has used as inspiration.”