This film was shot in a TV documentary fashion. It's a satirical drama on the Japanese media, which were shown to be incompassionate and uncaring for anyone but themselves, willing to do anything for a 'great show'. I don't think that's not atypical of any media corporations anywhere in the world, actually. TV programmes seems to be all about good ratings these days, spinning content that caters to the lowest common denominator, and that's one of the many reasons I practically never turn on the TV set or watch TV shows anymore. It's also particularly disheartening to watch shows you like turn to shit once the third or fourth season rolls around.
Anyway Asano Tadanobu was the main reason I watched this for, and he doesn't disappoint. The show is paced fairly well, and it's incredible once the suspense builds up. The long takes are admirable, especially the rape scene which went on for so fucking (pardon the pun) long. Overall, a great directorial debut for Satoshi Isaka.
4/5 stars
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1 comment:
wow.. this one sounds rather coo... i might give it a shot ^^
shinjuku - from beyondhollywood.com
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