Ryo Katayama seems to have a particular motif for his 2023 works, since, after “Unknown”, that realistically explores the lives of bit actors in the Japanese movie industry, “Meandering” focuses on the lives of painters and the struggles they face in order to become known and make a living out of their art.
“Meandering” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Michio is such a man, who, despite wishing to become a painter, he instead works collecting big trash along Muto, his senior and his only friend. Michio has essentially left his art behind but Muto's insistence for him to continue to pursue it and to finally get a girlfriend, eventually pay off when he pushes him to both exhibit his paintings in a café and to start talking to Sachi, a girl they meet by chance during their work. Sachi is soon proved to be more than just a love interest,...
“Meandering” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Michio is such a man, who, despite wishing to become a painter, he instead works collecting big trash along Muto, his senior and his only friend. Michio has essentially left his art behind but Muto's insistence for him to continue to pursue it and to finally get a girlfriend, eventually pay off when he pushes him to both exhibit his paintings in a café and to start talking to Sachi, a girl they meet by chance during their work. Sachi is soon proved to be more than just a love interest,...
- 7/10/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
As we have mentioned many times before, films about films are one of the new trends of Asian cinema, with the Japanese movie industry in particular being quite active in the category. It is also interesting that local productions deal with film workers very rarely mentioned anywhere in essence, with “Extro” focusing on extras and “Uzumasa Limelight” on a stuntman. Ryo Katayama's “Unknown” also moves down the same path, by dealing with bit actors who try to survive while keeping their passion for acting alive.
“Unknown” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
40-year-old Kihara is one of those actors who has just been casted to play a secondary role in a violent movie, since the director, Sato, values his acting, despite the fact that he did not pick him in the previous audition he participated in for him. Kiharai is really happy and believes that this...
“Unknown” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
40-year-old Kihara is one of those actors who has just been casted to play a secondary role in a violent movie, since the director, Sato, values his acting, despite the fact that he did not pick him in the previous audition he participated in for him. Kiharai is really happy and believes that this...
- 7/9/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Continuing his acting/directing career, “Roar”'s director appeared in an episode of “The Naked Director” but also managed to shoot two more films, the mid-length “Meaning of Life” and the feature “Icchorai” which will screen in Japan later this year. This review focuses on the latter, which is an extension of a short with the same theme Katayama shot a couple of years before, in his home town of Fukui.
Tetsuya, who everyone is calling Tecchan, is a 40-years-old man who runs a Chinese restaurant in the Shihei shopping district in front of Fukui station. He has inherited the shop from his now bedridden father, whose health has forced his son to forget his dreams about opening a shop in Tokyo, in contrast to his brother, who has left for the capital a long time ago. The result is Tecchan's life being in shambles, as he has no girlfriend,...
Tetsuya, who everyone is calling Tecchan, is a 40-years-old man who runs a Chinese restaurant in the Shihei shopping district in front of Fukui station. He has inherited the shop from his now bedridden father, whose health has forced his son to forget his dreams about opening a shop in Tokyo, in contrast to his brother, who has left for the capital a long time ago. The result is Tecchan's life being in shambles, as he has no girlfriend,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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