Kasho Iizuka is a Japanese director, writer, cinematographer, editor and producer. After studying under filmmaker Yoshitaro Negishi and screenwriter Masato Kato, he made his first feature film titled “Our Future” in 2011, which was nominated for the Dragons and Tigers Award at Vancouver International Film Festival and won the Special Jury Prize at Pia Film Festival. In his works, he concentrates on modern Japan, especially from the perspectives of transgender and cisgender people.
In his new feature, “Angry Son”, he tells the story of Jungo, a young gay teenager, who struggles with his identity, being half Japanese and half Filipino, while also facing a strained relationship with his mother and searching for his real father.
On the occasion of “Angry Son” being screened at this year’s Nippon Connection, Kasho Iizuka talks about his own anger at Japanese society and politics, the casting of the film and finding the right balance of drama and comedy.
In his new feature, “Angry Son”, he tells the story of Jungo, a young gay teenager, who struggles with his identity, being half Japanese and half Filipino, while also facing a strained relationship with his mother and searching for his real father.
On the occasion of “Angry Son” being screened at this year’s Nippon Connection, Kasho Iizuka talks about his own anger at Japanese society and politics, the casting of the film and finding the right balance of drama and comedy.
- 6/9/2022
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Jun (Kazuki Horike) is angry the way some people get angry without anyone knowing why, them least of all. He will walk a very long, angry walk before realizing what stands in his way, and why he hates both his mother Reina (singer and actress Gow) and his life that much. Life is oh-so- terrible, nothing makes sense, not even love for his schoolmate (Masafumi Shinohara ) whose whole family wholeheartedly supports their relationship, and there are all kind of scenarios running in June’s head. He is not excited about the talk of Oizumi City recognizing same sex marriages, and generally, all the talk about future makes his head spin. This stubborn attitude towards life makes him unlikeable deep into the film’s plot, and only the end will justify his seemingly endless fit of temper tantrums.
Angry Son is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
June does have a...
Angry Son is screening at Osaka Asian Film Festival
June does have a...
- 3/18/2022
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
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