Based on Mahokaru Numata’s homonymous mystery novel, which sold over 250,000 copies worldwide, “Yurigokoro” is a mystery film that seems to implement a combination of the style of Sion Sono and Shunji Iwai, to present a thriller/drama using one of the recent “trademarks” of the category, the fractured narrative.
Yurigokoro is part of the 2018 Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Ryosuke seems like a perfectly ordinary guy, maybe with the exception of the fact that occasionally he speeds up with his car. He owns a rural restaurant that is going really well, and is about to marry a very beautiful girl, Chie. His life however, soon turns completely upside down, when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he discovers a diary in his belongings that seem to entail the confession of a serial killer named Misako, starting with the perpetrator’s childhood, and his fiancé disappears. As he tries...
Yurigokoro is part of the 2018 Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme
Ryosuke seems like a perfectly ordinary guy, maybe with the exception of the fact that occasionally he speeds up with his car. He owns a rural restaurant that is going really well, and is about to marry a very beautiful girl, Chie. His life however, soon turns completely upside down, when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, he discovers a diary in his belongings that seem to entail the confession of a serial killer named Misako, starting with the perpetrator’s childhood, and his fiancé disappears. As he tries...
- 1/8/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Iyamisu is a subgenre of mystery fiction, which deals with grisly episodes and the dark side of human nature. The subgenre has been quite popular recently in Japan, particularly through the works of Mahokaru Numata, Kanae Minato and Yukiko Mari. Inevitably, it also found its way into the cinematic world, with films such as Minato’s “Confessions” and Numata’s “Birds Without Names”.
Birds Without Names is screening at Five Flavours
Towako lives an aimless life. She is still stuck thinking about her ex-boyfriend, Kurosaki, even though they have broken up 8 years ago, and despite the awful things he did to her, including a severe beating upon their break up. She lives with a man named Jinji, a worker who is 15 years older than she is, and whom she actually despises, constantly putting him down and slamming him verbally for his “vulgar” ways. The only reason she lives with him...
Birds Without Names is screening at Five Flavours
Towako lives an aimless life. She is still stuck thinking about her ex-boyfriend, Kurosaki, even though they have broken up 8 years ago, and despite the awful things he did to her, including a severe beating upon their break up. She lives with a man named Jinji, a worker who is 15 years older than she is, and whom she actually despises, constantly putting him down and slamming him verbally for his “vulgar” ways. The only reason she lives with him...
- 11/21/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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