Sony Pictures Classics has shared a trailer, poster and images for writer-director Mamoru Hosoda’s (Mirai) upcoming anime feature Scarlet. The film centres on Scarlet, a medieval princess who awakens in a surreal world after becoming gravely injured while on a quest to avenge to her father’s death, where she meets an idealistic young man from […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – Perfect Days
Perfect Days, 2023. Directed by Wim Wenders. Starring Koji Yakusho, Tokio Emoto, Sayuri Ishikawa, and Arisa Nakano. SYNOPSIS: A janitor in Japan drives between jobs listening to rock music. Wim Wenders is a titan of European cinema with acclaimed German language films like Kings of the Road, Wings of Desire and Wrong Move, he is […]
Movie Review – Belle (2022)
Belle, 2022. Directed by Mamoru Hasoda. Featuring the voice talents of Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro, Lilas Ikuta, Ryôko Moriyama, Michiko Shimizu, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Sachiyo Nakao, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Mamoru Miyano, and Kôji Yakusho. SYNOPSIS: A high school student becomes a globally beloved singer after entering a fantastic virtual world. She […]
Movie Review – Belle (2021)
Belle, 2021. Written and Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Featuring the voice talents of Kaho Nakamura, Takeru Satoh, Tina Tamashiro, Shota Sometani, Ikura, Ryo Narita, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kenjiro Tsuda, Mami Koyama, Mamoru Miyano, Sachio Nakao, Fuyumi Sakamoto, Ryoko Moriyama, Yoshimi Iwasaki, Michiko Shimizu, Koji Yakusho, ermhoi, and Ken Ishiguro. SYNOPSIS: Suzu is a shy high school […]
October Horrors 2020 – Cure (1997)
Cure, 1997. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Starring Koji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki and Anna Nakagawa. SYNOPSIS: Detective Takabe is perplexed by a series of grisly murders in which the perpetrators claim to have no memory of the crime. While seemingly random and unrelated, the murders all share one common trait, the carving of the […]
Movie Review – The Third Murder (2017)
The Third Murder, 2017. Written and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, and Izumi Matsuoka. SYNOPSIS: A leading attorney takes on the defense of a murder-robbery suspect who was convicted for another murder 30 years ago. The chances of winning the case seem low – the client freely admits his guilt, despite […]
