Kanji Nakajima’s The Clone Returns Home is a superbly crafted and touching science fiction film. It comprises an involving human story coupled to the exploration of interesting scientific ideas, technological, ethical and philosophical.
The film, reminiscent of Tarkovsky’s work, is shot beautifully using desaturated, high contrast cinematography which creates an almost black-and-white world of shadows, pale greys and harsh, near-blinding light.
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You can find more information on this Japanese movie on IMDb.
As always, we recommend you don’t ruin any surprises by reading spoilers or watching this trailer:
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Title: Kurôn wa kokyô wo mezasu
Language: Japanese
Direction: Kanji Nakajima
Screenplay: Kanji Nakajima
Cinematography: Hideho Urata
Editing: Ken Mimeta
Score: Yûta Yamashita
Stars: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Eri Ishida, Hiromi Nagasaku, Kyûsaku Shimada, Ryô Tsukamoto, Shô Tsukamoto, Ken’ichi Yajima, Kôzô Satô, Takahiro Hirano, Chieko Ichikawa, Yoshito Shimizu, Tajiro Tamura, Akira Ogata, Masato Shibasaki, Tôru Shinagawa
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Kuron kokyo Kyusaku Ryo Sho Kozo Sato Toru
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Low budget sci-fi reminiscent of Tarkovsky? I’m in right now. It has been on my list on a while, but I’ve been delaying it… maked me think of some movies with Brit Marling & The Machine.
Did you watch Embers? I cannot say I particularly liked it but it has some mesmerizing moments, interesting ideas and is shot in a very Tarkovsky-like vein.
Dead Man’s Letters (1986) is a superb Soviet dystopia shot by Lopushansky who worked during the Stalker’s production. It raises very interesting ethical and philosophical questions.
P. S. Here I wrote about Dead Man’s Letters – https://indiescifi451.com/2017/09/15/top-10-soviet-science-fiction-movies/