Kaz Is Back

It can be argued that Kazuya Kiriya's filmmaking style is not unlike that of a certain Zack Snyder; eyeballs deep in green screen and visual artifice. But there was indeed something in his live-action CASSHERN that affected me far more than even Snyder's take on WATCHMEN,and that was likely a sense of not only adventure in what the films set out to do, but a sense deeper, and far more emotionally grey than Hollywood tends to offer. It takes the best of anime-like exaggeration of action, and combines it with a surprisingly visceral emotional gut punch. And despite the mas negativity surrounding Kiriya's last project, I still found plenty to enjoy from repeat viewings. And so when it was announced that he would next take on Goemon, I instantly set to keep close tabs, and now..here we are.

At a huge budget, and an even more impressive cast including Eguchi Yoske, Hirosue Ryoko, Terajima Susumu and others, this looks to be this year's answer to 20th Century Boys..




ほんとうすげえ。