inb4 this film comes out and gets bombarded (like all of Kore-eda's films) with bad reviews and comments on this site because it's 'boring' and 'too slow'. People need to grow an attention span, or, you know, a good taste in movies.
Gotta be one of the best directors for live-action adaptation. I am a Hero is one of my favourite zombie movies, and Kingdom and Alice in Borderland are both superb productions too.
Holy shit, I always thought that Sato Shinsuke was a good director but this may be his best work so far. The first few episodes especially are so gripping and intense, and there's just the right sprinkling of violence and dark humour.
Some Chinese netizens are saying that his suicide was prompted in part by overworking. I don't know if this is true but if it is- keep doing your thing Japan, keep doing your thing. The awful reality of it is that these talent agencies like Amuse only see their actors and singers as assets rather than as human beings. Work them to the bone, reap the profits they make and pay no heed to the issues they, as humans, may be undergoing. Perhaps I'm wrong but for now I don't think I am. I really hope to see some positive change come out of this, for both attitudes towards suicide and mental health, and the exploitative nature of talent agencies, but sadly I think business will go back to usual once this wave of sadness has passed.
(Also posting this in review) Episode 2 is so good, but there is no way that it would have been shown on national tv to the general public. Social commentary that is especially relevant in Japan and hits unexpectedly hard.
I honestly think that Arimura's acting has improved- her performance in Flying Colors was good, and now this. Towards the end of the episode, she has an almost Sakamoto Yuji-esque speech when she goes on a rant against sexist attitudes in Japan and the way that she is treated as an object. She doesn't raise her voice too loudly but the sense of anger and spite is clearly apparent; she was almost channeling Fumi Nikaido in this regard.
ON SUCH A WINTER'S DAYYYYYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4Y6IYVjl5k
SRATM!!!
Episode 2 is so good, but there is no way that it would have been shown on national tv to the general public. Social commentary that is especially relevant in Japan and hits unexpectedly hard.
I honestly think that Arimura's acting has improved- her performance in Flying Colors was good, and now this. Towards the end of the episode, she has an almost Sakamoto Yuji-esque speech when she goes on a rant against sexist attitudes in Japan and the way that she is treated as an object. She doesn't raise her voice too loudly but the sense of anger and spite is clearly apparent; she was almost channeling Fumi Nikaido in this regard.