“A great dystopian narrative that clearly gives expression the director’s fear of certain right-wing tendencies that linger within Japanese society.”
Tag: Yohta Kawase
Far Away, Further Away (2022) review [OAFF 2022]
“A beautiful film that elegantly explores the role the imaginary plays in marital failure as well as in the beginning of a new romantic bond.”
Yamabuki (2022) review [IFFR 2022]
“A beautiful socially-engaged narrative that explores the very fact that, by being grasped within the societal network of relations, one cannot but influence the other and become influenced by the other’s speech and acts.”
Demolition Girl (2019) review
“One of the most emotionally powerful coming-of-age narratives of this year.”
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.”
Blank13 (2017) Review [Japannual 2018]
A narrative that succeeds in sensibly highlighting the often forgotten importance of the funeral as symbolic event and the possibility to appreciate the human being beyond his failure as symbolic father.
キャストと監督と話し合い: 天然☆生活 [日本語]
“Yuriko Suzukiは私の妻なので、意見の相違があっても離婚はせずに、納得できるまで粘ります.”
俳優の影響: Yohta Kawase [日本語]
“Cronenberg作品は常に人間という存在の不可思議さを問いかけてくるので好きです。”
Being Natural (2018) review (Fantasia Fest)
“The very boldness by which Nagayama decided to let the seemingly nonsensical derail the ordinary struggle of a man has to be applauded.”
モダン・ラブ (2017) レビュー
“新しい物語と映像美を生み出す才能に恵まれた福島拓哉を堪能できる、ものすごい作品である。”
Modern Love (2017) review
“A great narrative (…) that proves Takuya Fukushima’s talent to craft refreshing narratives and to compose beautiful imagery.”
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