2010 · drama · crime · epic
Heaven's Story
Directed by Takahisa Zeze4h 38m2010
A young girl named Sato watches on television as a man named Tomoki states brazenly at a press conference that he hopes convicted murderer Mitsuo is eventually placed back into society so that he can kill him with his bare hands.
Our read: Heaven's Story (2010) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, inventive drama · crime · epic entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, extreme drama / crime, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- extreme
- twisty
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