Mockumentaries have been the latest trend in Asian cinema in particular, with a number of directors presenting films that look like they are real, but are completely fictional. With the support of Housen Cultural Foundation, Yuichiro Sakashita presents his own work in the category, in a style though, that looks more like an advertising infomercial than a documentary, thus straying away from whatever norm the genre could even have.
Outsourcing is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Hr Rep Miyagawa of JobLink Inc. is the presenter of the informercial, which focuses on promoting outsourcing of hiring new employees to a recruitment agency. The film intersperses his talk, with “testimonies” of the outsourcing company, and a number of potential employees, most of which are interviewed remotely due to Covid measures. Eventually, Miyagawa presents the people he hired as a testament to the success of outsourcing, but soon realizes that something is amiss.
Outsourcing is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
Hr Rep Miyagawa of JobLink Inc. is the presenter of the informercial, which focuses on promoting outsourcing of hiring new employees to a recruitment agency. The film intersperses his talk, with “testimonies” of the outsourcing company, and a number of potential employees, most of which are interviewed remotely due to Covid measures. Eventually, Miyagawa presents the people he hired as a testament to the success of outsourcing, but soon realizes that something is amiss.
- 3/24/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
It is one of the greatest tragedies in life when you realize the true uniqueness of a person only when he or she is gone or has been missing for quite some time. Considering only a few encounters of the thousands we make in our lives truly linger on, understanding what has made a person special and why one has felt attached to him or her, can be truly painful, but also says a lot about ourselves. To pinpoint this moment of clarity has been the subject of many stories, in literature, music and in film, which makes the task of standing out with your own addition quite difficult. In her short feature “She’s Gone” young filmmaker Sara Ogawa tells the story about one of those special encounters in the life of a high-school student, which changes her life forever and also the way she perceives the world around herself.
- 9/26/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After learning his father has fallen in love with another man, Gin begins to question his identity and worries about his future. He finds solace in a classmate with a crush on him named Narumi, a girl whose mother abuses her and forces her into prostitution. Overwhelmed and feeling let down by the gentrified town they are growing up in, the couple travel to Tokyo in the hopes of finding a new life. However, a change of location can’t quell the inner turmoil that is eating them up from the inside.
“Innocent 15″ is Screening as Part of The 2021 InlanDimensions International Art Festival
A nuanced coming of age film, “Innocent 15” takes a minimalistic approach to its narrative, sound and visual presentation while expertly exploring overtly complex issues. Using the backdrop of a town in decay, where the young leave and the old die, the youths portrayed are caught in an unavoidable gentrification in troubled homes.
“Innocent 15″ is Screening as Part of The 2021 InlanDimensions International Art Festival
A nuanced coming of age film, “Innocent 15” takes a minimalistic approach to its narrative, sound and visual presentation while expertly exploring overtly complex issues. Using the backdrop of a town in decay, where the young leave and the old die, the youths portrayed are caught in an unavoidable gentrification in troubled homes.
- 9/24/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
“The Goldfish: Dreaming of the Sea” follows Hana—an 18-year-old raised in a group home since her mother’s imprisonment 10 years prior—as she watches over the home’s newest arrival, Harumi (Runa Hanada), a young, withdrawn girl who can’t get along with the rest of the group. As the pair become closer and Harumi starts to open up, Hana discovers Harumi’s history with physical abuse and recalls her own memories of trauma when she learns of her mother’s appeal for retrial.” (Japan Cuts)
“The Goldfish – Dreaming of the Seas” is screening as part of Japan Cuts
Sara Ogawa’s second feature film offers a captivating look at the life of a girl (Hana) whose spent her life in a group home due to the actions of her mother. Using the home as a a stage to explore the drama inherent in such institutions, the weight of...
“The Goldfish – Dreaming of the Seas” is screening as part of Japan Cuts
Sara Ogawa’s second feature film offers a captivating look at the life of a girl (Hana) whose spent her life in a group home due to the actions of her mother. Using the home as a a stage to explore the drama inherent in such institutions, the weight of...
- 8/27/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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