Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Real (2013)
The other Kurosawa (whose well received TOKYO SONATA was in the 2008 NYFF) returns to feature film after the 2012 mini-series PENANCE (SFIFF 2013), this time for a doom-ridden romance laced with sci-fi and fantasy. Overlong, repetitious, confusing, and ultimately treacly, this is a real disappointment and was a late addition to this year's NYFF Main Slate that might have as well been left off. The technique is there, but not the bite.
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