The Housemaid

Im Sang-soo’s Housemaid remake could use a declutter.

The Bacchus Lady

Life never really gets easier as you age in E J-yong’s drama.

Aloners

In Hong Sung-eun’s drama, a young woman reconsiders her solitary nature after her neighbour is crushed to death by porn.

Woman of Fire

Insanity reigns over a married couple and their housemaid in the most broken of homes.

The Singer

A travelling bard sings his way to justice in Cho Jung-rae’s musical drama.

Ocean Waves

In Tomomi Mochizuki’s TV romance, as in life, teenage love can only lead to drama.

Dear Tenant

A man struggles against an unforgiving system and closed-minded family in Cheng Yu-chieh’s drama.

Daughters

A sudden pregnancy divides and unites two best friends in Hajime Tsuda’s quiet comedy-drama.

Tony Takitani

A middle-aged man tries to live as best he can in Jun Ichikawa’s study of solitude and compulsion “Loneliness is like a prison, that’s how Tony saw it.” I love me a good bombastic action film or melodramatic romance. Cinema is, after all, an audio-visual medium and a movie that can take full advantage of … Continue reading Tony Takitani