Review of Tokyo Sonata (2008) by Mattias E — 05 Oct 2009
Kurosawa drops the avantgarde poses of his earlier non-horror outings for this surprisingly straight but equally dark tale of modern Japan. With Tokyo Sonata Kurosawa creates the perfect vehicle for discussing blind reliance on authority and the importance of informal collective judgement in Japanese culture without having to resort to tricks of genre.
The shadow-existence of the unemployed Kagawa Teruyuki is in essence as horrific as that of the eternally lonely ghosts in the epochal scare-fest Kairo. However, for once here's a Kurosawa feature with a little bit of hope left in the end.
This review of Tokyo Sonata (2008) was written by Mattias E on 05 Oct 2009.
Tokyo Sonata has generally received very positive reviews.
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