This extraordinarily inventive and heartfelt final opus by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi (Hausu) is a truly overwhelming experience. A three-hour time-traveling, genre-hopping anti-war masterpiece, this madcap yet deeply earnest film is a love letter to the art of cinema and its capacity to change the world.
Though best known for J-horror, Kiyoshi Kurosawa confirms his remarkable versatility with this genre-bending road movie that paints an otherworldly portrait of love and death. Melding romance with the supernatural, Journey to the Shore is full of moments of surprising tenderness and melancholy.
Featuring interviews with Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wang Bing, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Jia Zhangke, this documentary portrait provides a thorough perspective on the landmark New Taiwanese Cinema. An essential document of one of 20th century cinema’s most significant chapters.
