Japan is a land of extremes. While the Japanese are best known for their wacky (Symbol) or extreme (Grotesque) cinema, there's also plenty of room for subtle, stilted and human drama. Jun Ichikawa is without a doubt one of the masters of the genre, sadly his strengths are hardly recognizes outside of Japan. Time to change that, so I tracked down one of his more recent films and wasn't disappointed. Aogeba Totoshi turned out to be a neat little gem.
Ichikawa started his career in 1987 but it wasn't until he directed Toni Takitani in 2004 that the world took notice. Not because Ichikawa had all of a sudden accomplished a stunning masterpiece, but because the short story it was based on was written by Haruki Murakami, probably Japan's most famous contemporary novelist. With that in mind Ichikawa's relapse was to be expected and he quickly faded back into anonymity after the...
Ichikawa started his career in 1987 but it wasn't until he directed Toni Takitani in 2004 that the world took notice. Not because Ichikawa had all of a sudden accomplished a stunning masterpiece, but because the short story it was based on was written by Haruki Murakami, probably Japan's most famous contemporary novelist. With that in mind Ichikawa's relapse was to be expected and he quickly faded back into anonymity after the...
- 4.11.2010
- Screen Anarchy
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