Film Review: Nunchaku and Soul (2019) by Akiyoshi Koba
Akiyoshi Koba’s martial arts dance frenzy “Nunchaku and Soul” aims at the quiet undertones.
Nunchaku and Soul is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Numata is a shy, bespectacled middle-aged restaurant manager. Since his childhood, he has been obsessed with Nunchakus. At a dating event, he meets Reiko who leads him to attend a dance class. Although Numata does not know how to dance, he wants to join in a dance contest to win her heart.
Soma (or Soul) is the lead singer of a funk band that is about to break-up after 10 years. His band members are too busy with their regular lives, while Soma’s a failure. As he is facing leaving the stage forever, one of his friends, who happens to be the cook in Numata’s restaurant, introduces him as his new dancing coach. Numata and Soma both get the chance to reboot their lives...
Nunchaku and Soul is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Numata is a shy, bespectacled middle-aged restaurant manager. Since his childhood, he has been obsessed with Nunchakus. At a dating event, he meets Reiko who leads him to attend a dance class. Although Numata does not know how to dance, he wants to join in a dance contest to win her heart.
Soma (or Soul) is the lead singer of a funk band that is about to break-up after 10 years. His band members are too busy with their regular lives, while Soma’s a failure. As he is facing leaving the stage forever, one of his friends, who happens to be the cook in Numata’s restaurant, introduces him as his new dancing coach. Numata and Soma both get the chance to reboot their lives...
- 3/11/2019
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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