Yoko Yamanaka delivers a cinematic masterpiece of subjectivity.
Tag: Yoko Yamanaka
Short Movie Time: Born Pisces (2020) review [Japan Cuts 2021]
“Yamanaka does not only reaffirm that she has talent but also that she improved her compositional style and her storytelling.”
Short Movie Time: See You on the Other Side (2019) [Japan Cuts 2020]
“A very precise and rather confronting exploration of how, within the sexual act, the male and the female subject never meet each other.”
21th century girl (2018) Review
A powerful plea for more support for female directorial talent and for more Japanese narratives that explore female subjectivity, question the nature of the sexual relationship, and investigate the effects society has on women and their subjectivity.
Amiko (2017) review [Fantasia Fest]
“A narrative that underlines Yamanaka’s talent and wets our appetite for her future narratives.”
Talks with directors: Yoko Yamanaka.
“It is bad to do things on impulse.”
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