There are two very evident characteristics when one deals with Japanese cinema. The first one is the intelligence in the way the story is composed and presented, which frequently extends to the style of humor. The second is that too many local filmmakers do not know where and when to end their films. Juichiro Yamasaki’s “Yamabuki” definitely features both.
“Yamabuki” is screening at InlanDimensions
The script revolves around a series of characters, whose stories end up being interconnected. Chang-su is a former Olympic jockey for the South Korean national team, whose father’s bankruptcy and the subsequent loans he left forced him to move to Japan to get work that would allow to pay back. There, however, he has found some measure of happiness, working in a quarry where he is about to receive a promotion, and caring for Minami and her infant daughter, Uzuki. That is until local...
“Yamabuki” is screening at InlanDimensions
The script revolves around a series of characters, whose stories end up being interconnected. Chang-su is a former Olympic jockey for the South Korean national team, whose father’s bankruptcy and the subsequent loans he left forced him to move to Japan to get work that would allow to pay back. There, however, he has found some measure of happiness, working in a quarry where he is about to receive a promotion, and caring for Minami and her infant daughter, Uzuki. That is until local...
- 9/21/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Classroom dynamics in the wake of a tragedy are ably explored in director Yuho Ishibashi’s “Sayounara”. It is based on a Sns manga of the same name by the artist Gomen and retains some of the original characters while expanding the world of the manga to suit the feature length format.
In a quiet coastal town lives Yuki, an ordinary high-school girl who likes doing what most girls her age like to do. She is not completely reserved but likes to mingle only with the people she gets along with. Her best friend is Aya, who she’s known for years and who one day, while on their after-school stroll on the beach, announces that she is moving to a different town and school and instinctively kisses Yuki. Yuki has still not collected her thoughts over the incident when she gets the news that Aya has passed away in...
In a quiet coastal town lives Yuki, an ordinary high-school girl who likes doing what most girls her age like to do. She is not completely reserved but likes to mingle only with the people she gets along with. Her best friend is Aya, who she’s known for years and who one day, while on their after-school stroll on the beach, announces that she is moving to a different town and school and instinctively kisses Yuki. Yuki has still not collected her thoughts over the incident when she gets the news that Aya has passed away in...
- 4/4/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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