Hiroyuki Tanaka (Kanikosen, Blessing Bell, Drive) is a very big favorite of mine. Largely unknown in the West (unless you're part of a privileged fest crowd that is), Tanaka is a director with plenty of commercial appeal who failed to ride the (somewhat random) wave of popularity that many other Asian films enjoyed in the early years of the new millennium. If you want a taste of what he is capable of, Monday is probably your best and most entertaining entry point.There are still plenty of films out there that lack a proper English-friendly release (take Kyoshin, Tenshi no Tamago, Symbol) but in those cases I can at least sympathize with the financial risk of releasing such films over here. Even though Monday isn't without...
- 2/24/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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