Dean Fujioka

Film / Reviews May 23, 2018

'The Man from the Sea': A Japanese savior washes up in Aceh

by Mark Schilling

Koji Fukada leads a younger generation of Japanese directors who are more internationally minded than their predecessors. He even used French export titles for his first two features — "Hospitalite" (2010) and "Au Revoir l'Ete" (2013) — reflecting the influence of French cinema, particularly ...

Film / Reviews Jun 28, 2017

'Marriage': Dean Fujioka evokes sympathy for the con man

by Mark Schilling

Marriage scammers in the movies may be masters of deception, but their motives are usually clear enough. In Charlie Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) the title character weds and murders widows to support his family. In Miwa Nishikawa's "Dreams for Sale" (2012), a husband and ...