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A Great Failure: What Kore-eda Hirokazu Wants to Convey in 〈The Sheep in the Box〉 ②

A Great Failure: What Kore-eda Hirokazu Wants to Convey in 〈The Sheep in the Box〉 ②

▶ This article on Kore-eda Hirokazu's 〈The Sheep in the Box〉 continues from Part 1.Recovery of an animistic sensibility The willingness to believe in the unseen connects directly to Japan's traditional animism, which holds that natural objects and phenomena are inhabited by spirits or invisible...
A Great Failure: What Kore-eda Hirokazu Tries to Say in 'The Sheep in the Box' — Part 1

A Great Failure: What Kore-eda Hirokazu Tries to Say in 'The Sheep in the Box' — Part 1

〈The Sheep in the Box〉 may be Kore-eda Hirokazu’s most ambitious film, but its reach exceeds its grasp. Revisiting his long-running interest in alternative-family narratives while returning to science fiction after 〈Air Doll〉 (2009), Kore-eda attempts to expand his themes beyond the human realm to...
Review: Live-Action 'Look Back' Preserves the Original's Spirit With Greater Nuance

Review: Live-Action 'Look Back' Preserves the Original's Spirit With Greater Nuance

Just five years. That is how long it took for the one-shot manga 「Look Back」 to move beyond Japan and capture readers around the world. Tatsuki Fujimoto published the short manga in 2021. It follows Fujino Ayumu and her truant classmate Kyomoto, an exceptionally gifted artist, and what happens when...