Absence haunts the streets of Masaya Takahashi’s Maebashi City: as absent as the rains are during the apex of summer is the nurturing essence of humanity. Parched of comfort and joy, the inhabitants, so jaded by circumstance and experience, find their ability to thrive has diminished beyond comprehension; instead, fear from just a knock on the door flourishes where little else can. Yet there exists a responsibility to keep up appearances so those whose innocence remains intact are not doomed to follow those same footsteps. Based on Mitsuru Kawabayashi’s 1990 novel of the same name, Takahashi’s ‘Dry Spell’ explores the insurmountable hardships of growing older amidst the harsh realities of a world plundering itself of human decency. Thirty years after the novel’s publication, its examination of poverty, especially amongst children, remains as true and as poignant as ever.
Dry Spell is screening at Camera Japan
Bearing the...
Dry Spell is screening at Camera Japan
Bearing the...
- 10/2/2023
- by JC Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
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