Look Back, 2026.Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Fuuri Nanase, Rokka Okada, Masaki Suda, Kankuro Kudo, Kayo Noro, Ryo Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, and Maho Yamada.SYNOPSIS:Two manga artists meet and develop a bond over making manga.For those unfamiliar with the Tatsuki Fujimoto manga that co-writer/director Hirokazu Koreeda’s Look Back is based on (which itself was […]
2026 BFI London Film Festival Review – Look Back
Look Back, 2026.Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda. Starring Natsuki Deguchi, Aju Makita, Fuuri Nanase, Rokka Okada, Masaki Suda, Kankuro Kudo, Kayo Noro, Ryo Ikeda, Miyu Sasaki, and Maho Yamada.SYNOPSIS:Two manga artists meet and develop a bond over making manga.Tatsuki Fujimoto’s one-shot web manga Look Back was something of a phenomenon on publication in 2021, spawning a […]
Movie Review – Shoplifters (2018)
Shoplifters, 2018.Written and Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Mayu Matsuoka, Kirin Kiki, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Chizuru Ikewaki, Akira Emoto, Kengo Kora, Yôko Moriguchi, Yuki Yamada, Moemi Katayama, and Naoto Ogata.SYNOPSIS:A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find on the street.Rendering a band of criminals as […]
