Winner for Best Director at the Tokyo Film Festival, Best Debut Feature in Udine, Jury Award in Camera Japan and of Audience Award in Japan Cuts, Nippon Connection and Asian Pop-Up Cinema, Seiji Tanaka’s feature debut Melancholic is one of the smartest Japanese films we have seen during the latest years, particularly in the way it mocks a number of genre conventions and general concepts, while remaining entertainingly genre itself.
“Melancholic ” is streaming on Sakka Films
Despite having graduated from the prestigious Tokyo University, Kazuhiko is unemployed and living with his parents without any plans for the future, in a lifestyle that could be easily described as that of a hikikomori. As the story begins, however, two events change his life completely, in rather unexpected ways. One day, he stumbles upon a former classmate, Yuri Sojima, who, opposite of him, is socially adept, cheerful, and even more surprisingly, seems to like him.
“Melancholic ” is streaming on Sakka Films
Despite having graduated from the prestigious Tokyo University, Kazuhiko is unemployed and living with his parents without any plans for the future, in a lifestyle that could be easily described as that of a hikikomori. As the story begins, however, two events change his life completely, in rather unexpected ways. One day, he stumbles upon a former classmate, Yuri Sojima, who, opposite of him, is socially adept, cheerful, and even more surprisingly, seems to like him.
- 7/3/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Born in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture in 1987, Seiji Tanaka dropped out of Nihon University College of Art to go to California and joined for two years a community college with the aim of becoming a scriptwriter. Once back to Japan, he began writing scripts for stage plays and making short films. His day job was video production for an It company. In 2016 his friend, Yoji Minagawa, approached Tanaka with he idea of making a film together, with Minagawa serving as producer. Together with another actor friend, Yoshitomo Isozaki , they formed the production company One Goose. “Melancholic” is Tanaka’s first feature and had its world premiere at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival in the Japanese Cinema Splash section where Tanaka won the section’s Best Director prize.
Yoji Minagawa was born in 1987 too. He is a stage actor who befriended Seiji Tanaka while working with him. It was him who had...
Yoji Minagawa was born in 1987 too. He is a stage actor who befriended Seiji Tanaka while working with him. It was him who had...
- 5/1/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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