"an exuberant, optimistic, and humorous piece of social escapism"
Tag - International Film Festival Rotterdam
An investigative venture which, at its heart, remains analytical rather than overly emotional
By Paul Caspers Junji Sakamoto was born in 1958 and shot his first 16 mm short in 1986. His lengthy filmography includes movies about boxers—including his...
"Like an offering to nothingness"
A jumbled-up collection of sequences which are anonymous, and therefore, enigmatic to the viewer.
The movie, however, works because it trusts in the humanist permanence more than the temporary motions that impose around us.
It’s one hell of an axiological ride in the age of blurred lines between technology and humanity.
In letting his characters embrace their flaws, the writer/ director makes them believable, and their actions natural.