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- Its title translating as “Shade of Red,” Japanese writer-director Naomi Kawase’s “Hanezu” works moderately well as an emotionally grisly account of a relationship’s dissolution, but less so as an allegory of a nation grappling with its history and suffering terrible loss.
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May 17, 2011 · Hanezu: Cannes 2011 Review. Cannes regular Naomi Kawase misses the mark with her visually rhapsodic but overbearingly metaphorical film about a threesome in rural Japan.
Hanezu Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Diego Batlle Otroscines.com. Kawase's beauty and sensibility remain intact. [Full review in Spanish] Full Review |...
May 19, 2011 · Duration: 90 mins. Cast and crew. Director: Naomi Kawase. An email you’ll actually love. Past and present, life and death, man and nature – Japanese filmmaker Naomi Kawase (‘The Mourning Forest’)...
May 19, 2011 · By Rob Nelson. Its title translating as “Shade of Red,” Japanese writer-director Naomi Kawase’s “Hanezu” works moderately well as an emotionally grisly account of a relationship’s...
May 17, 2011 · One of Japanese director Naomi Kawase’s more inscrutable offerings, Hanezu is a mysterious, slow-paced cinematic poem that weaves together many of the director’s favourite themes - the ...
Sep 3, 2011 · Hanezu: Directed by Naomi Kawase. With Tôta Komizu, Hako Ohshima, Durian Sukegawa, Akaji Maro. Woodwork artist Takumi moves to a small village Asuka.He then meets Kayoko,a woman who went to the same school as Takumi.Kayoko is fascinated with the color hanezu(crimson); lives with boyfriend Tetsuya.Soon,she falls in love with Takumi.
However, inspiration can be a fickle muse as this other film demonstrates. The difference between the two films is subtle but vital. It's not a bad film by any means, it's in the same vein about coming and going, about being there as you quietly yearn for something else.
