Film / Reviews Feb 20, 2020
'Shape of Red': A torrid but ultimately unsatisfying affair
by Mark Schilling
Kaho plays a frustrated housewife who engages in a passionate tryst with a former boyfriend in Yukiko Mishima's latest film.
Film Feb 14, 2020
'Shape of Red' shows what Japanese women really want
by Kaori Shoji
Yukiko Mishima addresses the dangers of traditional gender roles with her latest film, "Shape of Red," adapted from a Rio Shimamoto novel.
Film / Reviews Aug 30, 2017
Dear Etranger: When the family drama gets real
by Mark Schilling
Despite a career spanning nearly three decades, Yukiko Mishima hasn't appeared on many lists of up-and-coming Japanese female directors, mine included. One reason: She had a relatively late start, not releasing her first feature, a drama based on the Junichiro Tanizaki story "The Tatooer," ...