Little White Lies

Hanagatami

Directed by NOBUHIKO OBAYASHI

Starring SHINNOSUKE MITSUSHIMA KEISHI NAGATSUKA TOKIO EMOTO

2017

Released 6 JULY

Blu-ray

This was supposed to be the last movie that the prolific, prodigious, was set to be released in Japanese cinemas this May, just one month after his eventual passing. Both films feel like final works, monolithic undertakings that run three hours long and cover considerable ground, but is maybe the more accomplished of the two.

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