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Helpless 1996
Angst and frustration with society. Anger with nowhere to go. Impulsive violence and ruin. A thirst for connection. Father's suicide. Isolated men. Deserted countryside. A one-armed yakuza. A motorcycle wanders aimlessly along a country road without a destination.
Kenji continues to Sad Vacation.
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Eureka 2000
"Do you think one can live only for others?"
A bleak, empty sepia color. Lost voices and colors. Nonverbal communication. An irreparable loss. A major life-changing event. Alienation from society. The survivors wander on the edge of death. An quest of recovery and renewal from trauma. Liberation from the curse of death. Bus re-starts. Coming to terms with the past. A journey with no destination.
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Still Walking 2008
"I'm always a little late."
Late summer homecoming. A family gathers on the anniversary of their eldest son's death. Absence of family. Mother's cooking, pink flowers in full bloom, yellow butterfly, record, summer sea, a visit to a grave, slope stairs. The soccer match he never got to take his father to. The car that could not carry his mother.
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Serpent's Path 2024
Endless revenge. Loss of purpose. At the end of revenge there is nothing left. What is really painful is that it never ends. Something more terrible than death itself. The cycle of violence. The depths of human darkness. Emptiness. The inorganic disquiet. Unpleasant noises, gunshots, Ruins, Translucent curtains. Ko Shibasaki's ruthless, sharp eyes. Hidetoshi Nishijima's eerie presence. He even turns Paris into a Kurosawa world.
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