Call Me Chihiro (2023): Movie Ending Explained: Rikiya Imaizumi’s warm hug of a film isn’t often incandescent with watercolor landscapes of the tranquil seaside town. But when Chihiro dropped the “gifts” off…
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Japanese cinema has always fascinated me for its humanist storytelling. Besides its avant-garde experimentations from new-wave cinema, it has managed to present profound contemplations on life that are particular to the region…
Japan, over the past few years, has been under the radar for its low fertility rates. It has often been cited that economic insecurity is the prime reason for this demographic outage.…
Reminiscent of the films like Villeneuve’s Polytechnique or Gus Van Sant’s much appreciated Elephant, ‘The Gun (Jû)’ also attempts to showcase how the young, naïve minds surrender to certain vices if exposed…
After slightly diverting from his comfort zone by delivering a slow-burning thriller in 2017, the Japanese master of familial dramas is back with Shoplifters. Soothing, understated and so emotionally moving that you…
