26 y/o. a woman possessed by the spirit of a japanese samurai warrior.
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No More Easy Life 1979
an invitation to contemplate a woman's daily drama. keiko ichihara does a great job editing, the flow of it is incredible.
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Bu su 1987
impossible to describe in words how much this film can go through and talk about adolescent lack of belonging... every passage holds a huge weight in the idea of “carry on tradition” and also speak out loud about confrontation and discovery in a new place, all the anguish and sadness that yasuko tomita carries so wonderfully well in her acting. few coming-of-age movies had this powerful impression on me (like moving, as an example). wow. just... wow.
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His Motorbike, Her Island 1986
“we're both just trying to escape boredom”
“i want us to be the wind”
“and the two of us became the wind.”only Obayashi to make a motorcycle movie where plastic elements have all the essential weight to make time have another duration. youth has no hurry it just wants to get a good wind in their Kawasaki and then take a nap. memories to be kept will be in a sense a result of the truth of that specific…