Recent posts tagged thrillers
2021
Tenet
At the end of the day, it's just a fancy excuse to shoot a bunch of scenes in reverse.
2017
Politicaliterary Dept.
On politics in literature, spoken and unspoken (and a few other things).
2012
Pro Bono (Seicho Matsumoto)
It all starts when near-penniless Kiriko makes the trip to Tokyo to enlist the help of lawyer Kinzo Otsuka. Kiriko is a hapless woman trying to scrape together a legal defense for her brother; he stands accused of a murder...
2011
A Caring Man (Akira Arai)
A loner takes revenge on all of Japan. Efficient thrills but a bit hollow.
