Despite being active since 2013, Michihito Fujii has only managed to become more widely known in 2019, when two of his movies, “Night and Day” and “The Journalist” garnered much attention, both in Japan and internationally. “A Family” follows in the same footsteps of the two, both stylistically and contextually, with the second aspect focusing on an effort to present themes that are usually depicted in genre fashion, with realism. This time he deals with the world of yakuza, and particularly the concept of family within these organizations, which, supposedly, is one of the main values of the underworld.
“A Family” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The story coves two decades in the life of Kenji Yamamoto, starting in 1999, when he has just lost his yakuza father, becoming an orphan, something that has turned him into an insolent punk, who seems to fear and respect of nothing, and is always...
“A Family” is screening at Toronto Japanese Film Festival
The story coves two decades in the life of Kenji Yamamoto, starting in 1999, when he has just lost his yakuza father, becoming an orphan, something that has turned him into an insolent punk, who seems to fear and respect of nothing, and is always...
- 6/7/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Yakuza and The Family covers the life of a yakuza family from 1999 to 2019. After Kenji Yamamoto’s (Go Ayano) father died due to an overdose of a stimulant, Kenji joined a yakuza organization out of desperation. The gang’s boss, Hiroshi Shibasaki (Hiroshi Tachi), takes Kenji in and they develop a relationship like that of a father and son. As time passes by Kenji creates his own family.
- 1/12/2021
- by Kamil Ziemian
- AsianMoviePulse
Editor’s note: Filmmaker Nancy Kelly made her feature directorial debut in 1990 with the Western drama “Thousand Pieces of Gold.” A new 4K restoration by IndieCollect can currently be seen in virtual theaters via Kino Marquee. On the occasion of its new release, Kelly (along with IndieCollect’s Sandra Schulberg) wanted to share her reflections on her career both before and after its release.
Three years before I discovered Ruthanne Lum McCunn’s novel “Thousand Pieces of Gold,” I was making my living as a ranch hand. What was it that impelled me — from a working class background in a Massachusetts textile town — to pack up and head West? I had never even ridden a horse before, but I wanted an adventure. It was an impromptu decision that changed my life forever.
The cowboys didn’t know what to make of me — not much. But I broke my own horse,...
Three years before I discovered Ruthanne Lum McCunn’s novel “Thousand Pieces of Gold,” I was making my living as a ranch hand. What was it that impelled me — from a working class background in a Massachusetts textile town — to pack up and head West? I had never even ridden a horse before, but I wanted an adventure. It was an impromptu decision that changed my life forever.
The cowboys didn’t know what to make of me — not much. But I broke my own horse,...
- 4/30/2020
- by Nancy Kelly
- Indiewire
If video game fans’ expectations were way too high for No Man’s Sky, the counterpoint has to be Metroid Prime: Federation Force — a game whose abysmal reception at E3 2015 became one of the running jokes of the show, particularly after its debut achieved an astonishing number of “dislikes” on YouTube. More rational gamers and media commentators were quick to point out that the hate really was overblown; after all, developer Next Level Games was responsible for a number of other beloved takes on Nintendo classics. Could the company behind Super Mario Strikers, the Wii version of Punch-Out!! and Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon really betray the magic of the Metroid universe after doing so much justice to other Big N franchises? Sure, Federation Force might not be the Metroid game so many people wanted, but keeping an open mind tends to help with these things.
While Next Level Games...
While Next Level Games...
- 8/26/2016
- by Jowi Meli
- We Got This Covered
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