In an era where sci-fi movies of any kind are big-budget productions filled with SFX, it is interesting to see what filmmakers can do on the genre without having a lot of money. Akiyoshi Koba's “Esper X Private Detective Agency – Searching For Good-Bye -” is one of those films.
Esper X Private Detective Agency – Searching For Good-Bye – is screening at Japan FilmFest Hamburg
In a setting were espers are found all over the place, Matsuda Masato, an esper himself with the unusual ability to be able to know the thoughts and memories of anyone that touches him, is working as a detective, although not particularly successfully. As the film begins, he is investigating another panty thief case, when a new client comes to his office in Asakusa. It is a woman wishing for him to bring back her younger sister, Megumi, who has fallen in with a group of delinquent espers,...
Esper X Private Detective Agency – Searching For Good-Bye – is screening at Japan FilmFest Hamburg
In a setting were espers are found all over the place, Matsuda Masato, an esper himself with the unusual ability to be able to know the thoughts and memories of anyone that touches him, is working as a detective, although not particularly successfully. As the film begins, he is investigating another panty thief case, when a new client comes to his office in Asakusa. It is a woman wishing for him to bring back her younger sister, Megumi, who has fallen in with a group of delinquent espers,...
- 6/23/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Starting Over
Written and directed by Takashi Nishihara
2014, Japan
Less coming of age or coming out story as it is a stark portrait of isolation, Takashi Nishihara’s microbudget Starting Over follows nineteen year-old Nana (Mika Akizuki) in her struggle to survive in a society that has stacked the odds against her. Shot independently, guerilla-style, the resulting film is compelling albeit slightly rough around the edges.
Nana lives in the not so glamorous side of Tokyo; the one with dingy apartments, call girl agencies whose clients include married men, and children trying to care for their parents when they can’t even take care of themselves. Student by day and agency girl by night, Nana is emotionally bankrupt between having to watch lonely old men jerk off to her and caring for her cold, indifferent mother. Her sole comfort is her best friend and first love Marin (Nina Endo). But...
Written and directed by Takashi Nishihara
2014, Japan
Less coming of age or coming out story as it is a stark portrait of isolation, Takashi Nishihara’s microbudget Starting Over follows nineteen year-old Nana (Mika Akizuki) in her struggle to survive in a society that has stacked the odds against her. Shot independently, guerilla-style, the resulting film is compelling albeit slightly rough around the edges.
Nana lives in the not so glamorous side of Tokyo; the one with dingy apartments, call girl agencies whose clients include married men, and children trying to care for their parents when they can’t even take care of themselves. Student by day and agency girl by night, Nana is emotionally bankrupt between having to watch lonely old men jerk off to her and caring for her cold, indifferent mother. Her sole comfort is her best friend and first love Marin (Nina Endo). But...
- 10/26/2014
- by Misa Shikuma
- SoundOnSight
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