“My dad finally said to me: “You’ll end up a gangster with all that strutting around. Better for for you to become a policeman.” So here I am.”

If John Woo, Wong Kar-Wai, Seijun Suzuki, Beat Takeshi, and Michael Bay came together, dropped some acid, and were hell bent on making an action film that starts at 11 and ends at 11 backed by a main theme that sounds like the Power Rangers theme but angry, gritty, and also turned…

Late Spring defies, qualifies, and defies expectation again and again as Ozu creates melancholic drama.

A lack of communication of mutual feeling and understanding paired with a difference in generation are at fault for the disparity between Noriko  (Hara) and her father. Initially we are led to believe that Mr. Somiya (Ryu) is somewhat aloof/senile in his actions. In conversation, it often feels as if he misses emotional subtleties and suggestion. Noriko’s exposition of his inability to take care of himself…