Following years of directing music videos and shorts, Taichi Kimura unleashes his impressive first feature film, “Afterglows.” Shot in black and white, the film also features a screenplay by the trio Ryosuke Asano, Takuma Hiramatsu, and Yasuhiro Kim. The movie had its international premiere at the Japannual Film Festival.
Check also this interview Interview with Taichi Kimura: Obsession is an Important Emotion to Drive People Forward
Cab driver Akira Morishima is grief-stricken following the death of his girlfriend, Sayuri Komatsu, a successful singer who tragically committed suicide. While on the job, he listens to a radio essay named “Afterglows,” which prompts him to reflect on memories with his deceased lover. Yet, while Akira desperately tries to move on with his life, his obsessions become more depraved, and his grip on reality loosens. Eventually, his life spirals out of control.
While its narrative and stylistic choices may seem familiar, “Afterglows” is still full of surprises.
Check also this interview Interview with Taichi Kimura: Obsession is an Important Emotion to Drive People Forward
Cab driver Akira Morishima is grief-stricken following the death of his girlfriend, Sayuri Komatsu, a successful singer who tragically committed suicide. While on the job, he listens to a radio essay named “Afterglows,” which prompts him to reflect on memories with his deceased lover. Yet, while Akira desperately tries to move on with his life, his obsessions become more depraved, and his grip on reality loosens. Eventually, his life spirals out of control.
While its narrative and stylistic choices may seem familiar, “Afterglows” is still full of surprises.
- 10/27/2023
- by Sean Barry
- AsianMoviePulse
Fast-rising Taichi Kimura’s feature explores grief.
Est N8 has acquired worldwide sales rights to Japanese thriller Afterglows and will continue autumn festival and market talks with buyers at Tokyo International Film Festival (October 23-November 1) and American Film Market (October 31-November 5).
Fast-rising Taichi Kimura’s explores grief and takes place in Tokyo as a taxi driver is haunted by hallucinations after the suicide of his wife, a famous singer.
The film stars Kentez Asaka, Megumi, Akira Koieyama and Keiko Takeshita (The Boy And The Heron) and was produced byTakuma Hiramatsu and Yutaro Tagawa.
Afterglows opened released in Japan earlier...
Est N8 has acquired worldwide sales rights to Japanese thriller Afterglows and will continue autumn festival and market talks with buyers at Tokyo International Film Festival (October 23-November 1) and American Film Market (October 31-November 5).
Fast-rising Taichi Kimura’s explores grief and takes place in Tokyo as a taxi driver is haunted by hallucinations after the suicide of his wife, a famous singer.
The film stars Kentez Asaka, Megumi, Akira Koieyama and Keiko Takeshita (The Boy And The Heron) and was produced byTakuma Hiramatsu and Yutaro Tagawa.
Afterglows opened released in Japan earlier...
- 10/23/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
According to the definition provided within director Naoto Mitake's short feature, a “dream box” is a euphemism referring to the room where cats and dogs are being euthanized. Considering there are human characters involved, perhaps this is due to the sense of dry humour, a particular predilection of the filmmaker himself as his profile indicates. Whatever the case may be, “Dream Box” is best described as a showcase for the director, who has worked on countless commercials and other projects previously, especially with regard to its visuals and its link to the aforementioned concept.
Dream Box is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia
Six people are imprisoned in a room and have been engaging in what must have been a food orgy for quite some time. As the last bowls of soup and noodles are being digested, the atmosphere shifts towards more physical encounters as the men...
Dream Box is screening at Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia
Six people are imprisoned in a room and have been engaging in what must have been a food orgy for quite some time. As the last bowls of soup and noodles are being digested, the atmosphere shifts towards more physical encounters as the men...
- 6/16/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Distribution Company: Breaking Glass Pictures Theatrical Release Date: July 19, 2019 Runtime: 117 minutes Written & Directed by: Adam Sherman Produced by: Adam Sherman, Brian Kobo Starring: Tao Okamoto, Haruka Abe, Kihiro, Kentez Asaka Trailer: youtu.be/BnnGIQQrqA8 A beautiful Japanese madam and her ladies. A deranged, drug-addled Tokyo gangster and his crew. A sadistic serial killer on the loose. The intersection of these …
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- 7/7/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
"Please take me away from this horrible life..." Breaking Glass Pictures has released a totally crazy new red band trailer for the "arthouse thriller" titled She's Just a Shadow set in Tokyo. This "modern, dreamlike take on the gangster genre" is an action-packed story about "a matriarchal crime family engaged in a vicious gang war. A deranged killer is leaving his victims on railroad tracks all over Tokyo, and the only thing more dangerous than him is the vicious love triangle within the family itself." Three stories and characters collide in this Japanese gangster flick. Starring Tao Okamoto, Haruka Abe, Mercedes Maxwell, Haruna Ayane, Noriko Arai, plus musician Kihiro, and Kentez Asaka. This is the most red band trailer you'll probably see all year, packed with blood and gore and nudity and violence and so much insanity. Watch out. Here's the new red band trailer for Adam Sherman's She's Just a Shadow,...
- 7/2/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
She’S Just A Shadow, a new arthouse thriller hitting theaters on July 19th from Breaking Glass Pictures. This film, which is a modern take on the gangster tale set in Tokyo, stars Tao Okamoto, Haruka Abe (Cyberbully opposite Maisie Williams), famed Japanese musician Kihiro, and Kentez Asaka (The Outsider opposite …
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- 5/20/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
"We started out with nothing... you built all of this!" Breaking Glass Pictures has debuted the official trailer for an "arthouse thriller" titled She's Just a Shadow, a new film by director Adam Sherman set in Tokyo. This "modern, dreamlike take on the gangster genre" is an action-packed story about "a matriarchal crime family engaged in a vicious gang war. A deranged killer is leaving his victims on railroad tracks all over Tokyo, and the only thing more dangerous than him is the vicious love triangle within the family itself." Three stories involving multiple characters collide in this Japanese gangster flick. Starring Tao Okamoto, Haruka Abe, Mercedes Maxwell, Haruna Ayane, Noriko Arai, plus Japanese musician Kihiro, and Kentez Asaka. I'd say this is a hyper-stylized, neo-noir, but I'm not even sure that does it complete justice. Here's the official trailer for Adam Sherman's She's Just a Shadow, direct from Bgp...
- 5/17/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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