Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers! (2007) review

Daihachi Yoshida delivers a darkish comical experience that quite seriously exposes the fictitious dimension of our ego – of the image we present to others.

The Kirishima thing (2012) review

“A splendid crafted high-school narrative (…) that meticulously (…) investigates the complexity of the high-school social fabric, while confronting the spectator with the necessity and the difficulty to become more true to one’s subject.”