Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
A great soundtrack and great set design capture you in postwar Tokyo, after the firebombing campaign. Charred rubble is omnipresent in the city, only slightly less as years go by. The bright new wood of Shikishima’s repaired house climbs out of a burnt, oily foundation. Much like the ex-kamikaze pilot, the house itself holds together with only a hint of integrity, tethered to the memory of charred bones. The bitter soundtrack by naoki sato turns a rebounding Tokyo into Shikishima’s…