2011 · drama · youth · post-disaster
Himizu
Directed by Sion Sono2h 10m2011
Two 14-year-olds from troubled, abusive homes come together sharing misery and pain. In the aftermath of an earthquake, the classmates learn how to survive while relying on one another for emotional and physical support.
Our read: Himizu (2011) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive drama · youth · post-disaster entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / youth, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
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