Sisyphean is the ennui rampantly in situ within the modern life architecture. A void of degradation, of scintillating deception, its barbaric psychosis does not so much ensnare its occupants as it does digest their capacity to exist outside its sphere of influence. Out of its relentlessly turning cogs emerge identical faces, diluted and filtered to resemble mirror images of a central unifying idea – a world long prophesied and dreaded within the arts. Out of this humdrum existence, it only takes a spark to ignite the incendiary desires of a nihilistic teen longing for purpose – just a few millimetres of alcohol waiting for a cigarette to meet its inevitable, timely demise can, in the eyes of Ken Ninomiya’s mesmerizing “The Midnight Maiden War”, tilt the balance off its axis and verge towards chaos.
The Midnight Maiden War screened at Camera Japan
A listless student by day and a laborer at a flower warehouse by night,...
The Midnight Maiden War screened at Camera Japan
A listless student by day and a laborer at a flower warehouse by night,...
- 10/7/2022
- by James Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
Revenge might be said to be a dish best served cold, but Michihito Fujii’s new film “Day and Night” questions if it needs to be served at all. The film, produced and co-written by Japanese superstar Takayuki Yamada, will be screening at Fantasia International Film Festival 2019.
“Day and Night” is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
Koji Akashi returns home from Tokyo following the suicide of his father, a whistleblower for a large automobile company. As his father’s extreme step has left the family debt-ridden and hounded by debtors as well as workers of the automobile company, Akashi decides to stay back to help his mother and young sister and to find the truth about the mystery that surrounds his father’s death. In his search for truth, he meets Kenichi Kitamura, a suave man who alleges that he has a debt of gratitude towards Akashi’s father...
“Day and Night” is screening at Fantasia International Film Festival
Koji Akashi returns home from Tokyo following the suicide of his father, a whistleblower for a large automobile company. As his father’s extreme step has left the family debt-ridden and hounded by debtors as well as workers of the automobile company, Akashi decides to stay back to help his mother and young sister and to find the truth about the mystery that surrounds his father’s death. In his search for truth, he meets Kenichi Kitamura, a suave man who alleges that he has a debt of gratitude towards Akashi’s father...
- 7/30/2019
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
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