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Satoshi Kon: Paprika (2006)

Paprika coalesces Satoshi Kon’s vision of dreamwords, filmmaking, and artistic expression into one unified whole.

Flash Back, Reviews, Satoshi Kon, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromSeptember 4, 2020Paprika, Satoshi Kon, Satoshi Kon Retrospective, Seishi Minakami, Yasutaka Tsutsui, Megumi Hayashibara, Toru Emori, Katsunosuke Hori, Toru Furuya, Akio Otsuka, Koichi Yamadera, Hideyuki TanakaComment

Satoshi Kon: Tokyo Godfathers (2003)

Tokyo Godfathers is about as close as you can get to a Charles Dickens Christmas adaptation apart from actually making a film based on A Christmas Carol.

Flash Back, Reviews, Satoshi Kon, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 31, 2020Satoshi Kon, Satoshi Kon Retrospective, Keiko Nobumoto, Toru Emori, Yoshiaki Umegaki, Aya Okamoto, Tokyo GodfathersComment

Satoshi Kon: Millennium Actress (2001)

Millennium Actress is a beautiful examination of the relationships between actors and the movies they make, and viewers and the movies they watch.

Reviews, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, Satoshi Kon, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 25, 2020Satoshi Kon Retrospective, Satoshi Kon, Millennium Actress, Sadayuki Murai, Miyoko Shoji, Mami Koyama, Fumiko Orikasa, Shozo Iizuka, Shoko Tsuda, Hirotaka Suzuoko, Hisako Kyoda, Koichi Yamadera, Masane TsukayamaComment

Satoshi Kon: Perfect Blue (1997)

Satoshi Kon’s debut feature remains one of cinema’s best psychological thrillers and a scathing critique of exploitation in the entertainment industry.

Satoshi Kon, Reviews, Flash Back, Aren's ReviewsAren BergstromAugust 18, 2020Satoshi Kon, Sadayuki Murai, Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis, Yoshikazu Takeuchi, Junko Iwao, Rica Matsumoto, Shiho Niiyama, Masaaki Okura, Shinpachi Tsuji, Emiko Furukawa, Perfect Blue, Satoshi Kon RetrospectiveComment