Japanese are known for their politeness. Don’t lose your face, don’t speak out, assimilate. Character straits and stereotypes that have been promoted ever since. Kamakura born filmmaker Ryutaro Ninomiya (“The Charm of Others” 2012) breaks with that tradition and presents a radical statement in his third feature “Minori, On The Brink”.
“Minori, On The Brink” is screening at Nippon Connection 2020
Can Minori avoid a nervous breakdown? All the people surrounding her, refuse to express their feelings and emotional boundaries. The resulting everyday life is characterized by ruthlessness: Even friends reduce each other to their appearance and shamelessly take advantage of each other. Minori runs against this by attacking ignorance whenever she encounters it, whatever the consequences might be.
Ryutaro Ninomiya is one of the most radical young voices in Japanese cinema. With “Minori, On The Brink”, he takes a resolute and inventive stand against the cinema of complacency and against social stagnation.
“Minori, On The Brink” is screening at Nippon Connection 2020
Can Minori avoid a nervous breakdown? All the people surrounding her, refuse to express their feelings and emotional boundaries. The resulting everyday life is characterized by ruthlessness: Even friends reduce each other to their appearance and shamelessly take advantage of each other. Minori runs against this by attacking ignorance whenever she encounters it, whatever the consequences might be.
Ryutaro Ninomiya is one of the most radical young voices in Japanese cinema. With “Minori, On The Brink”, he takes a resolute and inventive stand against the cinema of complacency and against social stagnation.
- 6/12/2020
- by Alexander Knoth
- AsianMoviePulse
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