Shunichi Koizumi Movies
- 2003
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By the early 21st century, nuclear warfare had attained the stigma it deserved among the common populace, though the world's superpowers continued to stockpile nuclear weapons, and discussion persisted of such countries as Iran and South Korea amassing this capability - suggesting untoward degrees of destructive power. Also disturbing were the numerous cases in which western leaders continued to speak of "peaceful uses" of nuclear power, despite the almost universal knowledge of how destructive nuclear waste can be. This documentary program explores the many aspects of nuclear fallout, including physiological detriment from nuclear bomb attacks that is passed down, hereditarily, from generation to generation (as discussed on-camera by survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki); it also introduces the audience to many individuals whose lives have been scarred or severely damaged by incidental radiation in the atmosphere (such as Washington State farmers working near the Hanford plutonium factory), and such grossly irresponsible casualties of nuclear activity as Iraqi children hit with radiation from depleted uranium ammunition during Operation Desert Storm. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi
- 1997
Based on a book by Nobel prize-winning novelist Yasunari Kawabata, this erotic drama is about aging and long-repressed desires. At age 70, Eguchi (Yoshio Harada) is at the top of his career as a classic music critic and DJ. Editors are harassing him for his printed insights and women are giving him smoldering sidelong stares. When his old friend and supreme court justice keels over, Eguchi slides into depression. While drinking with his friends, he asks himself what has the ravages of age done? Finding one-night stands and the scrutiny of his sagging body by potential lovers embarrassing, he learns of his dead friend's solution to the matter -- a brothel of sorts that offers up women drugged and unconscious. When he stops by he learns from the kimono-clad proprietress (Haruko Wanibuchi) that he may not have sex with his inert playmate. Soon, Eguchi finds himself in a traditional Japanese room with a magnifying glass in hand and with a passed-out naked beauty splayed out on the tatami before him. Meanwhile, Eguchi's daughter-in-law (Yuka Oonishi) is about to leave her cold fish of a husband. She quietly pines for Eguchi, hoping that he can give her what his son could not -- a baby. When she learns of her father-in-law's newfound passion, she quickly arranges to work at the establishment. Director Hiroto Yokoyama reportedly spend ten years getting this work committed to film. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
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