Teruaki Shoji's debut feature is a likeable enough idea of slow-paced, small-town life on a remote island to the north of Japan. But much like its lead characters, in many ways it suffers from its own naivety and could have done with some pointers from a guiding hand.
Hoyaman is screening at Japan Society as part of the Family Portrait program
Akira) and his younger brother Shigeru (Kurosaki Kodai) live on a remote island off the coast of Ishinomaki, heavily hit by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Orphaned in the disaster, they have lived a simple life in the family home; Akira working as a fisherman, and Shigeru – with learning difficulties – happily bumbling along. Into their life steps Miharu (Kumi Kureshiro), a shamed mangaka who inexplicably arrives on the island with literal bags of money and a deadline to meet. Exploiting the brothers' naivety and lack of funds, she demands to buy their house,...
Hoyaman is screening at Japan Society as part of the Family Portrait program
Akira) and his younger brother Shigeru (Kurosaki Kodai) live on a remote island off the coast of Ishinomaki, heavily hit by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. Orphaned in the disaster, they have lived a simple life in the family home; Akira working as a fisherman, and Shigeru – with learning difficulties – happily bumbling along. Into their life steps Miharu (Kumi Kureshiro), a shamed mangaka who inexplicably arrives on the island with literal bags of money and a deadline to meet. Exploiting the brothers' naivety and lack of funds, she demands to buy their house,...
- 2/23/2024
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
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