Hiroshi Okuyama’ short film “Tokyo 21st October” usually screens as a companion piece to his feature film “Jesus”. Even though both deal with the topic of family, the whole idea of the dichotomy of rural and urban Japan, as well as the theme of faith is absent from the short film. However, Okuyama also focuses on the troubled relationship between two people, in this case a mother (Shinobu Otake) and her son (Ryo Shinoda), their struggles to communicate and their feelings about being (emotionally) apart from each other.
Another notable difference is the visual approach of Okuyama in his short. Using cutout animation, the rather static situation of two people sitting at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant becomes unique in many ways. Additionally, Okuyama blends this situation with fantastic, and rather ironic elements such as the figure of the waiter being a man-sized sardine.
“Tokyo 21st October” is screening at Japan Cuts
In general,...
Another notable difference is the visual approach of Okuyama in his short. Using cutout animation, the rather static situation of two people sitting at a conveyor belt sushi restaurant becomes unique in many ways. Additionally, Okuyama blends this situation with fantastic, and rather ironic elements such as the figure of the waiter being a man-sized sardine.
“Tokyo 21st October” is screening at Japan Cuts
In general,...
- 7/29/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
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