“Tattoo” is based on the story of Akiyoshi Umekawa, a Japanese mass murderer who killed a woman on December 16, 1963, and shot dead four people on January 26, 1979 during the notorious Mitsubishi Bank hostage incident. The film also signalled a change of direction for Banmei Takahashi, who was a veteran of pinku cinema up to that point, as the movie was a critical and box-office success and earned him an award for Best Director from the Yokohama Film Festival, along with a netting of 3rd best film of the year and a Best Actor for protagonist Ryudo Ozaki.
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The film begins with Akio Takeda (an alternative name was used for Umekawa) being carried in Osaka morgue after being shot by the police, with an officer informing his mother next, who believes that her son got in trouble once more. After the intro,...
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The film begins with Akio Takeda (an alternative name was used for Umekawa) being carried in Osaka morgue after being shot by the police, with an officer informing his mother next, who believes that her son got in trouble once more. After the intro,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Bizarre rom-coms are nothing new to Japanese cinema, with the country’s film industry often priding itself on its more unorthodox works. The case is no different for “Bare Essence of Life”, Satoko Yokohama’s second feature film that made its debut in 2009. While certainly not dull, a string of narrative hiccups and a challenging protagonist mean that the film is a mixed bag, to say the least.
Bare Essence of Life is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Yojin (Kenichi Matsuyama) is an enthusiastic farmer who, following the taped instructions of his late grandfather, grows and sells organic crops with his ageing grandmother (Misako Watanabe). When a mourning teacher, Machiko (Kumiko Aso), comes to Yojin’s small countryside town, the young man is immediately infatuated. Yojin, who in his own words is “not broken, just different”, finds a unique method of dampening his obnoxious social behavior in a bid to win over Machiko.
Bare Essence of Life is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Yojin (Kenichi Matsuyama) is an enthusiastic farmer who, following the taped instructions of his late grandfather, grows and sells organic crops with his ageing grandmother (Misako Watanabe). When a mourning teacher, Machiko (Kumiko Aso), comes to Yojin’s small countryside town, the young man is immediately infatuated. Yojin, who in his own words is “not broken, just different”, finds a unique method of dampening his obnoxious social behavior in a bid to win over Machiko.
- 3/16/2022
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
Only one year before he paved the way for the frenetic cool of the Japanese New Wave with his unabashedly sexual and violent taiyo zoku film ‘The Warped Ones’, Koreyoshi Kurahara took a huge breath before this plunge with a slightly more conservatively executed picture. Taking place a year before the Anti-Anpo demonstrations against the signing of the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan, ‘The Age of Our Own’ condenses the frustrations and anxieties of the country’s youth into an at times beguiling cinematic venture which loses its mind by its conclusion – both in good and bad ways.
“The Age of Our Own” is screening as part of Japan Society:
By following the parallel stories of two brother until their violent confluence in the third act, ‘The Age of Our Own’ explores the conflicting attitudes of the country’s youth. Minami (Hiroyuki Nagato) is largely indifferent...
“The Age of Our Own” is screening as part of Japan Society:
By following the parallel stories of two brother until their violent confluence in the third act, ‘The Age of Our Own’ explores the conflicting attitudes of the country’s youth. Minami (Hiroyuki Nagato) is largely indifferent...
- 4/3/2019
- by Jamie Cansdale
- AsianMoviePulse
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