Tag Archives: Shinya Tsukamoto

Review: The Odyssey and Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Posted on September 11, 2026 by philipbrasor

At this point, it seems impossible to talk about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey without addressing his faithfulness—or lack of it—to the original text, which is more than 3,000 years old. It’s an issue I can’t rightly address since I don’t … Continue reading →

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Review: Hokage (Shadow of Fire)

Posted on November 24, 2023 by philipbrasor

The news that director Shinya Tsukamoto was concluding his “antiwar trilogy” with a film about the Tokyo firebombing was compelling. The March 1945 aerial attack killed more than 100,000 people in one night and yet receives much less attention than … Continue reading →

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Review: Killing

Posted on November 29, 2018 by philipbrasor

Director Shinya Tsukamoto wants people to come to his latest feature prepared for something different, which may sound like quasi-spoiler fodder given that it’s Tsukamoto’s first genuine genre film, namely a jidaigeki or, more familiarly, a samurai flick. But anyone … Continue reading →

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