Why this filmmaker matters
Yuichi Tokunaga has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Yuichi Tokunaga has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are visual style, rewatchability, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Tokunaga set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Koji Yamamoto
Actor
2 shared titles · Cells at Work!

Mayu Hotta
Actor
2 shared titles · Liar x Liar
Oh!Be
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Cells at Work!

Hideki Takeuchi
Director
2 shared titles · Cells at Work!
Sohei Tanikawa
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Cells at Work!
Achilles Damigos
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Cells at Work!

Koji Endo
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Liar x Liar
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