"I think it's incredibly important to gain visibility, to make it so that we can be seen." Altered Innocence has released an official US trailer for a documentary titled Queer Japan, exploring the LGBTQ+ culture in contemporary Japan. The film is a vibrant profile of various people in Japan living brazenly unconventional lives in the sunlight, shadows, and everywhere in between. Japan is still a very conservative society, but of course there are people pushing back and letting loose and being free. "Get to know a vibrant and inspiring group of human beings in a country with a unique history of queer expression." Featuring: Vivienne Sato, Gengoroh Tagame, Atsushi Matsuda, Nogi Sumiko, Hiroshi Hasegawa, Akira the Hustler, Tomato Hatakeno. This premiered at the Rainbow Reel Tokyo & Outfest Film Festivals last year, and will be available to watch virtually in December. Looks like a vibrant, proud, and jubilantly enjoyable film. That final shot is amusing.
- 11/10/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
My “excursion” in the slow-burning Japanese family drama continues with “Another World”, another indie that deals with social issues in the remote areas of Japan, which manages to stand out, though, due to its deeply dramatic impact.
“Another World” is screening at Nippon Connection
The story revolves around three childhood friends, now closing on becoming middle-aged. Hiroshi owns a charcoal kiln he inherited from his father, in a rather hard line of work that has led him to neglect his hard-working wife, Hatsuno, and particularly his son, Akira, who bears a grudge with him for not realizing he is being harshly bullied at school. Mitsuhiko is the gang’s “clown” always being cheerful and in a good mood, despite the hardships his alcoholic father bares on him, and runs the local car dealership. When the third friend, Eisuke, returns from his service in the Japan Self-Defence Forces obviously traumatized, the three friends,...
“Another World” is screening at Nippon Connection
The story revolves around three childhood friends, now closing on becoming middle-aged. Hiroshi owns a charcoal kiln he inherited from his father, in a rather hard line of work that has led him to neglect his hard-working wife, Hatsuno, and particularly his son, Akira, who bears a grudge with him for not realizing he is being harshly bullied at school. Mitsuhiko is the gang’s “clown” always being cheerful and in a good mood, despite the hardships his alcoholic father bares on him, and runs the local car dealership. When the third friend, Eisuke, returns from his service in the Japan Self-Defence Forces obviously traumatized, the three friends,...
- 5/31/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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