[KineJapan] Hyakka, 2022

[Roger Macy]

Dear KineJapaners,

Speaking of San Sebastian, I’vejust noticed that KAWAMURA Genki got ‘best director’ at San Sebastian last month for his debut direction Hyakka.He has been producer on quite a string of films, but also a commerciallysuccessful novelist, and his first film direction is from the novel that hewrote in 2019.

https://www.sansebastianfestival.com/in/

I caught up with the film in Londonyesterday evening (Tuesday) as part of LEAFF. There are already two fine,qualified, english-language reviews byJonathanRomey and JamesHadfield. You probably wouldn’t want to hear my take on it, as I came withbaggage on caring for a relative with dementia – to me, the film veered to thefeel-good on an experience that, on the personal level, has no upside. ImamuraKeisuke’s inventive camerawork, for example in the ‘reveal’ episode, isn’tdirected enough to just seem a story within a discovered diary and takes thepoint-of-view of the dementia patient which she no longer has. But I thought itwas a potentially fine script of Kawamura, if not so strong in, err... thedirection.

Anyone in London has the opportunity to disagree with theseviews tomorrow at the second screening - well, by now tonight, Thursday.

https://www.leaff.org.uk/2022competition

https://www.aoi-pro.com/en/news/20220929/7271/

Japanese animation producer Genki Kawamura on his live-action directorial debut ‘A Hundred Flowers’


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Playing in Official Selection at San Sebastian, the film is based on a novel Kawamura penned in 2019.
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Roger

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