“A narrative that does everything well, but lacks the emotional punch to make the experience unforgettable.”
Tag: Marika Matsumoto
It’s All My Fault (2022) review [Camera Japan Festival 2022]
A touching narrative that explores how difficult it is for subject to assume a place for himself, a place from where he/she can desire, without the structuring influence of motherly love.
Farewell song (2019) review
A truly moving narrative that explores, in a very nuanced but detailed way, the difficulty for subjects to meet the Other, the beloved Other, as subject.
Life Finds a way (2018) review
“(This) might very well be Watanabe’s best work yet.”