ryuhei matsuda

Author Shinsuke Numata’s Akutagawa Prize winning novel, “Eiri”, serves as the basis for Beneath The Shadow, director Keishi Otomo’s first foray into the arthouse genre. With the March 2011 earthquake as the centerpiece of the film’s backdrop, the film stars Go Ayano and Ryuhei Matsuda in a story set within the span of six years and centers on Konno, a newly relocated pharmaceutical company employee who eventually befriends a co-worker named Hiasa. For Konno, whose social life is next to non-existent apart from the usual exchanges at work, his newfound friendship with the enigmatic Hiasa is slightly uneasy, albeit more welcome. Hiasa is much more bold and practical in his approach to dialogue with Konno, who bares a more unassuming and polite air, though the obvious undertaking is yet to arise with Konno already developing feelings for him. A brief moment of passion provides a more concrete test of where […]

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