Love Life: A complex film about family disharmony that will repay rewatching
The real drama in Koji Fukada’s humanist film is crackling behind the eyes of troubled characters
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The real drama in Koji Fukada’s humanist film is crackling behind the eyes of troubled characters
Japan’s master of outrageous tragedy on incorporating sign language into new film Love Life, complicated humans and his goal of depicting life as it is
Falling in the tradition of Japanese grief dramas, director Koji Fukada's latest is redeemed by moments of inchoate pain, worthier than the rest of it.
“Love Life” can be interpreted both as a command and a noun. Artfully, Koji Fukada, the director and writer of this sensitive film, poses many questions and…
The raw and complex contradictions each character contends with are rooted in emotions that never once ring false, and the actors bring an authenticity that transcends treacle.