- DIR. EIJI UCHIDA
- CAST. SAIRI ITO, KENTA SUGA, ANTONY, KAITO YOSHIMURA, HANAE KAN
- YEAR. 2017
- COUNTRY. JAPAN
- RUN-TIME. 95 MINS
- RATING. 15
£6.00 (£4.50 conc.)
Doors 6:45PM
Film 7:15PM
The keenly awaited follow-up to controversial satire Lowlife Love, Eiji Uchida returns with an irreverent romp that crackles with energy and style. Having fended for herself as a child, drifting from a negligent mother to an oddball cult and a druggie dropout community, when Ai meets Ryota, she wonders: could love be the cult that heals all? Looking at gangs (it was shot under police supervision as the cast features real teen delinquents), child neglect, and the sex industry, this stream-of-consciousness coming-of-ager fizzes with rich symbolism and explosions of colour and secures Uchida’s place as one of Japan’s most exciting young directors.
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“A breezy, blackly comic delinquent romance”
“Youthful, punkish… Love And Other Cults mounts a scathing attack on social hypocrisy but never lets the comment get in the way of telling a colourful tale”
“A level of polish and high-caliber charm that ascends all previous Uchida films… this punkish small-town action flick is everything you need from the current Japanese film scene…”
“Superb performances… A film that will resonate with many people”