Perfect Days
I too am dreaming about the light and shadows on the wall, the ones that dance as the leaves sway in the wind. I am dreaming of them the way this film dreams of them. Not stopping there, I am also dreaming about the God Read More …
Tag: Japanese language films
The Boy and the Heron
“How do you live?” is the fundamental question posed by Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron. It’s the question posed to Mahito Maki, the angry 12-year-old boy at the film’s centre. Having recently lost his mother in a fire in Tokyo during World War II, Read More …
Our Little Sister
How far do the bonds of family extend, and what responsibilities do those bonds entail? When three sisters learn of their father’s death, their answer to those questions is to adopt their half-sister Suzu (Suzu Hirose) whom their father sired after abandoning their family. As Read More …