The new work of Japanese director Yoshiyuki Kishi, "(Not) Ordinary Desire", is adapted from the best-selling novel "Right Desire" by Ryo Asai, the aut[Expand All]
< p> The new work of Japanese director Yoshiyuki Kishi, "(Not) Ordinary Desire", is adapted from the best-selling novel "Right Desire" by Ryo Asai, the author of "I Heard Kirijima Left the Agency". The story unfolds through multiple storylines: an office worker who dislikes socializing, a single woman over thirty, a primary school boy who runs a video channel, a female college student who is afraid of the opposite sex, and a solitary male dancer. They seem unrelated to each other, but each has their own unique quirks that society cannot tolerate. With their superb acting skills, Goro Inagaki and Yui Shinagaki expose the hypocrisy of society. While deconstructing the conservative values of Japanese society, they also boldly raise questions about how to define the normal and the pathological. Can minority groups really tolerate mainstream values? < /p>[Collapse]
