Mariko Tsutsui

  • Kôji Fukada – Yokogao AKA A Girl Missing (2019)

    Kôji Fukada2011-2020DramaJapan
    Yokogao (2019)
    Yokogao (2019)

    Ichiko is a care-giver and a nurse. She provide home-care to the Oishos’ elderly woman and is almost considered part of the family as she visits and performs her tasks routinely. What is more, Ichiko is helping Oisho Motoko to also become a care-giver and potentially replace her one day. The two have become close, which is useful when Motoko’s sister Saki disappears. She is returned safely one week later, but the kidnapper is too close to homeRead More »

  • Kôji Fukada – Fuchi ni tatsu AKA Harmonium (2016)

    Drama2011-2020JapanKôji Fukada

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    Toshio hires Yasaka in his workshop. This old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life.Read More »

  • Shion Sono – Anchiporuno AKA Antiporno (2016)

    2011-2020DramaEroticaJapanShion Sono

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    Japan’s oldest major movie studio asks a batch of venerable filmmakers to revive its high-brow soft-core Roman Porno series.

    Review:
    Whenever you hear of the director Sion Sono, you expect a little controversy, a little surrealism and something a little extreme. And with films like Love Exposure, Suicide Club and Strange Circus to name a few, he has earned the reputation of being a maverick director. But in some of his recent work, he has gotten onto themes which are surprisingly in contrast to his earlier work. Much like in the schoolgirl horror/fantasy Tag, he delves into themes which reflect the faults in present Japanese society. And in his latest film, Anti-Porno, Sono does it again with spectacular results. As part of the five-film saga of the Roman Porno Reboot, Sono certainly makes his mark.Read More »

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