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Since bursting on to the international scene with the brightly colored Kamikaze Girls, director Tetsuya Nakashima has firmly established himself as one of the world's foremost visual stylists. So what happens when a man known for spreading visual madness across the screen tackles a story that involves murder, revenge, HIV, social isolation and more? You get Kokuhaku, Nakashima's adaptation of a popular novel about a school teacher (K-20's Takako Matsu) seeking revenge against the teens who killed her daughter.
The first teaser for this one has just arrived and while it shows very little it certainly gives a glimpse of a darker, more mature Nakashima. Color me intrigued and hungry to see more. Check it below.
The first teaser for this one has just arrived and while it shows very little it certainly gives a glimpse of a darker, more mature Nakashima. Color me intrigued and hungry to see more. Check it below.
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Nakashima's Memories of Matsuko had also a dark undertone, don't think he's giving up his visual style for darker themes. And by the way, the glimpses shown here looks also fantastic.
Matsuko was definitely really dark in terms of theme but still had all sorts of really colorful splashes in it. This is the first time since Kamikaze that I've seen Nakashima go with a more muted palette.
It seems to be a further step in cinematic storytelling : Combining serious themes of daily life with comic relief. The very good example is surely Love Exposure. So I expect here a very entertaining movie.