Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing
Emotional vulnerability is granted as much space as reverence in Erik Shirai’s absorbing, handsomely packaged doc window onto a declining Japanese tradition.
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Tag: Japan
Hinotama: Ball of Fire
The precisely shot family drama Hinotama: Ball of Fire has a hint of the mystical and mysterious as it creates a suffocating milieu of detachment that is strangely compelling.
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From Dawn Till Noon on the Sea
A kidnapping sees the lives and fates of three troubled youths become entwined in Takayuki Hayashi’s serene and solemn feature debut, From Dawn Till Noon on the Sea.
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