Tatsushi Omori’s career to date has been steady, if unspectacular, with a series of gentle films over the last decade-or-so, often delivered by a solid cast, culminating in ‘Every Day a Good Day’ starring the late Kirin Kiki. His latest effort, the delightfully titled ‘When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes’ based on Satoshi Miyagawa’s manga, again puts together a nice cast in a tale of a son who cannot be without his mother, through sickness, health and even death.
“When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes” screened at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival:
Satoshi (Ken Yasuda of Studio Ghibli voice-acting fame) is at his mother’s funeral, alongside father Toshiaki (Renji Ishibashi) and brother Yuichi (Jun Murakami). Alone with her body, he talks to her as if she is still alive.
We are then taken to Satoshi’s childhood and shown...
“When My Mom Died, I Wanted to Eat Her Ashes” screened at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival:
Satoshi (Ken Yasuda of Studio Ghibli voice-acting fame) is at his mother’s funeral, alongside father Toshiaki (Renji Ishibashi) and brother Yuichi (Jun Murakami). Alone with her body, he talks to her as if she is still alive.
We are then taken to Satoshi’s childhood and shown...
- 6/12/2019
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
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