The dark fantasy “Flashback Before Death” is the directorial debut of composer Hiroyuki Onogawa, who is best known for his collaborations with Sogo Ishii, and his wife Rii Ishihara. Set in 1930s Japan, the director tells an eerie story about death and sorrow.
Flashback Before Death is screening at Japan Cuts
After completing his studies in France to become a translator, Kikuo, played by Masatoshi Kihara, returns home to his sister Tsuruha (Hanae Seike). It is a stormy and gloomy night as she embraces him at the door and leads him to a dinner table with a creepy doll. The audience is also kept in the dark about the main plot points and has to gather hints to make sense of the events. The doll used to be Tsuruha's child and was named Hinano. Due to a disability, she had to suffer a lot and was longing for death. Hinano's...
Flashback Before Death is screening at Japan Cuts
After completing his studies in France to become a translator, Kikuo, played by Masatoshi Kihara, returns home to his sister Tsuruha (Hanae Seike). It is a stormy and gloomy night as she embraces him at the door and leads him to a dinner table with a creepy doll. The audience is also kept in the dark about the main plot points and has to gather hints to make sense of the events. The doll used to be Tsuruha's child and was named Hinano. Due to a disability, she had to suffer a lot and was longing for death. Hinano's...
- 8/3/2023
- by Alexander Knoth
- 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
A film that fuses surrealism, mystery and drama to create a film that is compelling, humorous and disturbing in equal measure. “Ow” is a peculiar film that defies categorisation and leaves the viewer with many unanswered questions.
Tetsuo Suzuki is a young man who seems to be trapped in a prison of his own making. Living at home with his parents, he lacks the drive to go out and find a job, and would rather just stay in bed. Early in the film, we see him involved in a bizarre monologue concerning noodles and grains that seems to go nowhere, much like his life itself. He appears to be stuck on these rambles while simultaneously being unable to focus on anything that might be of use to those around him. When his girlfriend arrives at the house, the two witness a floating orb in his room that causes them to...
Tetsuo Suzuki is a young man who seems to be trapped in a prison of his own making. Living at home with his parents, he lacks the drive to go out and find a job, and would rather just stay in bed. Early in the film, we see him involved in a bizarre monologue concerning noodles and grains that seems to go nowhere, much like his life itself. He appears to be stuck on these rambles while simultaneously being unable to focus on anything that might be of use to those around him. When his girlfriend arrives at the house, the two witness a floating orb in his room that causes them to...
- 5/27/2018
- by Matthew Cooper
- AsianMoviePulse
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