Category: Tao Okamoto

‘All of a Sudden’ Review: Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto Forge a Life-Changing Friendship in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Life-Giving Drama

Variety… Two women talk for the best part of three-and-a-quarter-hours and Ryusuke Hamaguchi makes of it an unassumingly momentous miracle. “All of a Sudden,” the Japanese director’s gorgeous new feature, is the rarest type of film, not merely…

‘All Of A Sudden’ Review: Oscar Winner Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Humane 3-Hour-Plus Exploration Of French Health Care Too Often Feels Like A Lecture – Cannes Film Festival

Deadline… Although he has made a few films, Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi really caught fire in 2001, first at Berlin with his Wheel of Fortune & Fantasy and then big time at Cannes where in 2021 he took three prizes for Drive My Car, a movie that woul…