One of a pair of films by Satoshi Miki which screened at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival, and by far the stronger, this acutely observed, quirky tale of a bad deed which does not go unpunished begins with a fight. Kato (Ryo Narito) is at odds with girlfriend Zig-zag (Yuki Katayama) because she wants him to look after her dog, Cerberus, whilst she auditions for a role in a film. The dispute gets physical, in a playful way which emphasises the bond between the two of them, but Kato’s objection to dogsitting is real – he finds the good-natured beast a distraction from his writing as he tries to develop a screenplay which will change his destiny – and when Zig-zag gets the role, making it an ongoing arrangement, he decides to drive Cerberus out into the countryside and abandon him.
Or does he? Exactly what happens, and when,...
Or does he? Exactly what happens, and when,...
- 8/7/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When it comes to Japanese comedies, few directors have made quite the impact. While some of his peers might have some of the more universally known titles under their belt, Miki has also left his mark with works such as “Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers”, “Adrift in Tokyo” and “Instant Swamp”. Being the member of a comedy group whose band of humor he once compared to Monty Python, he has emphasized the targets for laughter in his works are those tendencies, trends or moods within the culture of his home country which may be seen as odd or troublesome. His newest feature, “Convenience Story”, is no exception to the rule, with the story revolving around one of the cornerstones of Japanese culture, at least to the eye of the outsider, the 24/7-open convenience store seemingly promising an easy solution to one’s problems. The feature is also a collaboration of film critic Mark Schilling,...
- 8/3/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Director of some of the best Japanese movies we have seen after 2010, with titles like “The Great Passage” and “The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue” under his belt, Yuya Ishii seems, however, to be experiencing an out of form recently, with his last works being interesting, but not on the same level with the aforementioned, for example. Let us see how he fared with his latest work, “A Madder Red”.
“A Madder Red” is screening at Nippon Connection
The film begins with a car crash that sends Yoichi, lead singer of a band, husband of Ryoko and father of a young boy named Junpei, to death. 7 years later, the boy is now a middle school student who is facing bullying for his mother’s work, since the fact that she is a sexual worker seems to have been revealed. Ryoko, however, also covers the expenses of her father-in-law,...
“A Madder Red” is screening at Nippon Connection
The film begins with a car crash that sends Yoichi, lead singer of a band, husband of Ryoko and father of a young boy named Junpei, to death. 7 years later, the boy is now a middle school student who is facing bullying for his mother’s work, since the fact that she is a sexual worker seems to have been revealed. Ryoko, however, also covers the expenses of her father-in-law,...
- 5/31/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Apart from a director, Momoko Fukuda is also a very successful novelist, having won the Subaru Literally Prize. In “My Name is Yours”, she combines these two capacities, adapting two of her novellas in a film that tells the story of five, rather complicated highschool students.
My Name is Yours is screening at Camera Japan
Yukari, who almost everyone calls En, is a smart and humorous young girl, who is also at the top of her class. However, her favorite time is the one she spends with childhood friend Kotoko, an eccentric girl whose tendencies of fighting with (and being chased by) teachers, having a series of boyfriends, and not studying at all, lean towards delinquency. The two of them spend a lot of time in an abandoned school basement smoking, where one day, they stumble upon Narihira, a classmate who is crying, with Kotoko immediately falling madly in love with him.
My Name is Yours is screening at Camera Japan
Yukari, who almost everyone calls En, is a smart and humorous young girl, who is also at the top of her class. However, her favorite time is the one she spends with childhood friend Kotoko, an eccentric girl whose tendencies of fighting with (and being chased by) teachers, having a series of boyfriends, and not studying at all, lean towards delinquency. The two of them spend a lot of time in an abandoned school basement smoking, where one day, they stumble upon Narihira, a classmate who is crying, with Kotoko immediately falling madly in love with him.
- 9/23/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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