The aesthetically pleasing cinema of Sabu (aka Hiroyuki Tanaka) often offers a quirky blend of genres. When the mixture of merriment and the director’s manic energy is splendidly structured alongside an emotional…
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Sabu, a Takeshi Kitano-generation film-maker, achieved cult status for his singular ability to smoothly incorporate elements of absurdist comedy, heartwarming drama, and kinetic action. He likes to dart between different films genres,…
It is interesting to note how the Japanese cult director Sabu (pseudonym of actor Hiroyuki Tanaka) gracefully moves between different narrative tones within the first 30 minutes of Mr. Long (‘Ryu san’,…
The 50 Best Films Of 2017 These are those 50 Films of 2017 that in some way have seeped into my life as the ones I would like to keep in my…
Unlike what the title suggests, Japanese cult filmmaker Sabu’s ‘Happiness’ is probably the saddest film of the year. A non-resilient, sadistic and often heart-wrenching film about memories and their truly uplifting and…