The Castle of Sand (Suna no utsuwa)

Movies Watched in 2019 (225 movies items)

"April 15th Directed by: Yoshitaro Nomura Sometimes you're in the mood for a boring, straight-laced film, if you are this might be the perfect film for you. It is pretty interesting at first, a classic murder mystery approached classically, it eventually devolves into I-don't-know-what melodrama, I lost track of what was going on at some point, it seemed to completely shift focus and become a different film. I just expected a lot more, it did look fine, but I feel like there was no real care pu"

Watched in 2018 (262 movies items)

"19.4. Tetsuro Tanba ja sidekick vetävät junalla ristiin rastiin ympäri Japania selvitellessään murhaa. Elokuva on ihan mukiinmenevä, mutta kahden ja puolen tunnin kestossaan aivan liian pitkä - etenkin, koska loppukliimaksi kestää noin tunnin."

Film Journal 2018 (179 movies items)

"Tetsuro Tanba and Kensaku Morita try to find any excuse to go drinking in the countryside. A lot of the nostalgic splendor clearly made to appease any country rubes in the audience is entirely lost on western audiences like me, so the first 90 minutes of the film featuring nothing but very boring procedural police work taking place across Japan is a complete wash. The last hour, featuring a great soundtrack and gorgeous Technicolor scenery can't be blamed for being too little too late, but it is"