The detective story has seen lots of diverse approaches over the years. Ever since authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Raymond Chandler have perfected the formula, it seems as if new stories aim to bend the rules, while also maintaining the view on the world and its society, which has always been one of the most interesting parts of the genre. Consequently, as the concept of truth becomes more fragmented and even chaotic in modern times, these stories reflect this development. Atsuro Shimoyashiro's second feature “Lonesome Vacation” relies heavily on the conventions of the genre, while bending them at the same time, telling a quite meaningful tale about the significance of proof and the truth for a person's life and identity.
Lonesome Vacation is screening at Nippon Connection
Eichi Furuya (Takuma Fujie) makes his living working as a private eye in Tokyo. He likes his work, even...
Lonesome Vacation is screening at Nippon Connection
Eichi Furuya (Takuma Fujie) makes his living working as a private eye in Tokyo. He likes his work, even...
- 6/3/2024
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Koenji, Tokyo. One day, Eiichi Furuya (Takuma Fujie), who runs a private detective business, is visited by his former lover Kyoko (Kyoka Mizukami). Her father died suddenly, and an old film of a strange woman smiling next to her young father was found in the relics. In response to Kyoko's desire to find the woman, the two use the film as a clue to visit Jogashima Island on the Miura Peninsula.
- 9/3/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Paralyzed by societal lockdowns, spiritual isolation, and deaths in the millions, the aftermath of Covid-19's rampant virulency continues to deepen the ignorance of a people left traumatized and numb by its ceaseless waves of devastation. Simultaneously fresh and distant, memories of the decade thus far are still distinctly raw, a stinging reminder of mortality, impermanence, and the absurd futility of existence. Though humanity blazes forward with its eyes firmly negating the rearview mirror, many remain immobilized in a state of ennui, desperate yet incapable of regaining control and contentment. Daisuke Miyazaki's coming-of-age drama ‘Plastic' wades into the deep end of this murky quagmire and slowly subdues itself under the crushing weight of its own hopelessness; stripped of pleasure and joy, both the film and its characters struggle to merely exist in a world brought to a complete standstill.
Plastic is screening at Japan Cuts
Ibuki (An Ogawa...
Plastic is screening at Japan Cuts
Ibuki (An Ogawa...
- 7/29/2023
- by JC Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
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