1. Kotoko (2011) | Rotten Tomatoes
Its an emotional rollercoaster ride and a psychological thriller whose run time feels too long (even though it's only 1.5hrs). Content collapsed.
When a single mother suffers a nervous breakdown, she is suspected of child abuse and her child is taken away. Her mental suffering escalates as she succumbs to her darkest fantasies.
2. Kotoko (2011) Tsukamoto shocker with added emotional substance ...
Unfortunately for Tanaka, Kotoko has deep-seated issues with men and seeks to express her malcontent with violence, making a bloody pulp out of him on more than ...
Kotoko is the latest film from Japanese auteur and master of intimidation - Shinya Tsukamoto. Japanese folk musician Cocco stars as the titular character
3. Kotoko - The Japan Society
The premise of the movie takes on a subject which is taboo in Japan, mental illness, and presents the plight of a single mother trying to raise a baby.
4. Kotoko (2011) – Track the Emotions, Not the World | Ruthless Culture
29 okt 2014 · Kotoko (Cocco) suffers from a mental condition that makes her see double. Every time she sees another person, she sees them accompanied by an evil counterpart.
Back in 1986, Shinya Tsukamoto began producing short experimental films with science fictional themes. One of these films entitled “A Phantom of Regular Size” featured a man living in a dystopian T…
5. Finding Empathy in the Madness of 'Kotoko' - Certified Forgotten
4 nov 2022 · The terror and jump-scares in Kotoko are all rooted in the real; a direct outgrowth of the protagonist's deteriorating mental condition and ...
Guillermo De Querol finds empathy within the madness of Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto's cult horror classic 'Kotoko.'
6. Kotoko (2011) directed by Shinya Tsukamoto • Reviews, film + cast
I've never seen a film capture the feeling of severe anxiety as well as this. A brutal portrayal of of woman dealing with severe psychological pain. Full of ...
Suffering from double vision, a single mother tries to take care of her baby in the grip of terrifying hallucinations. Experiencing a nervous breakdown, she is deemed unfit to take care of her child and has it taken away from her. The only respite the mother has from her visions is when she sings. An award-winning novelist overhears her singing whilst riding the bus and the pair subsequently develop a volatile relationship.
7. Kotoko (2011)
11 aug 2018 · Kotoko (2011) ... A person should never expect civility as a result of their violence, and violence isn't an appropriate response to harsh words.
A person should never expect civility as a result of their violence, and violence isn’t an appropriate response to harsh words. At least this is my opinion on the matter. Odd way to start a review …
8. REVIEW: Kotoko - Love Without Anger
For the most part when Kotoko bursts into song the vocals are left unaccompanied and lie bare, her singing has a desperate quality to it that feels both ...
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9. Kotoko - Variety
Sep 10, 2011 3:32am PT. Kotoko. Low-budget effort from cult actor-director Shinya Tsukamoto is not schlocky enough for J-horror fans and too bloody for ...
Kotoko Low-budget effort from cult actor-director Shinya Tsukamoto is not schlocky enough for J-horror fans and too bloody for serious arthouse patrons.
10. IFFR 2012 Review: KOTOKO - ScreenAnarchy
15 feb 2012 · But as the stress of taking care of her toddler as a single mother increases, Kotoko's hallucinations worsen and she starts to become a threat ...
(I see people loving the film and people hating the film, but thankfully they are not the same people...) Shinya Tsukamoto's newest movie "Kotoko" shows a woman whose life is destroyed by her madness-induced hallucinations. A bold view on insanity...
11. Kotoko (2011) - Projected Figures
13 sep 2015 · Like Lodge Kerrigan's similarly subjective Clean, Shaven (1993), Kotoko shows us mental illness from the inside, dividing viewers between ...
Kotoko first published by EyeforFilm “Hang tough, Japan!” exhorts the man on the television set. It is a subtle acknowledgement that production on Tsukamoto Shinya’s Kotoko took place in the shadow of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake – for here, as in Himizu (2011), an isolated individual’s psychodrama unfolds against the backdrop of an entire nation in...
12. KOTOKO (2011) Review | Horror Cult Films
13 jun 2023 · After moving home more than once there's a desperation and sadness that goes beyond the crying child and Kotoko's frequently unreliable ...
Available from Third Window on Blu-ray and on Demand As the title character arrives with a lot of discordant classroom instruments, a few dance moves, and some screaming, it seems clear that this isn’t just [...]
13. Kotoko (2011) – Film Review - Roobla
9 okt 2012 · Shin'ya Tsukamoto brings us Kotoko, an over-powering and emotionally fraught horror and forces us to watch a person's mind fall apart.
★★★★✰ Shin'ya Tsukamoto brings us Kotoko, an over-powering and emotionally fraught horror and forces us to watch a person's mind fall apart.
14. Film Review: Kotoko (2011) by Shinya Tsukamoto - Asian Movie Pulse
9 jun 2019 · In the end, “Kotoko” is an emotionally challenging film, an experience which will leave its viewer exhausted and troubled. Based on a terrific ...
“I'm still allowed to exist.” Although most of his films have been proven to be exhausting and challenging experiences, the nature of the subject Shinya Film Review: Kotoko (2011) by Shinya Tsukamoto
15. Kotoko - reviews - onderhond.com
29 okt 2012 · The result is a very powerful and gut-wrenching drama. Being a Tsukamoto film, it may lack subtlety but makes up for that with sheer emotional ...
The result is a very powerful and gut-wrenching drama. Being a Tsukamoto film, it may lack subtlety but makes up for that with sheer emotional and visceral prowess.
16. CAPSULE: KOTOKO (2011) | 366 Weird Movies
24 nov 2020 · Kotoko manages to be the most straightforward of his films while also being the most disturbing. There is no metal grafting, no superhuman ...
コトコ 366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: Shinya Tsukamoto FEATURING: Cocco, Shinya Tsukamoto PLOT: A young mother suffering from violent hal…
17. KOTOKO - Mr Movies
6 nov 2012 · This is nothing like “Burlesque”, instead the musical pieces keep in tune with the intimate and emotional journey Kotoko finds herself on.
I have mentioned a number of times on this blog how I am drawn to movies about mental illness. There is something so interesting ...
18. DVD Review – Kotoko (2011) - Chronicles in film
18 mrt 2018 · At no point of the film does it attempt to figure out why Kotoko's mental state is what it is but taking us right into her mind giving us a ...
Mental Illness is no laughing matter nor should it be something we should ignore either and it comes in all shapes and sizes but most of all it can affect us all. We sometimes think we understand t…
19. Kotoko DVD review | Cine Outsider
16 okt 2012 · The woman in question here is the titular Kotoko, a single mother struggling with psychological issues and the pressures of raising a small ...
There are whole sequences in the first half-hour of Kotoko, the latest film from visionary Japanese auteur Tsukamoto Shinya, when you'd be forgiven for wondering if this was the product of the same twisted mind that gave us Tetsuo, Bullet Ballet and Tokyo Fist, to name but three great films in his auspicious 27-year film career. There are, after all, no extremes of body horror and no sign at all of the director's famed love-hate relationship with the city in which he still lives. And the central character here is female, itself a rarity in Tsukamoto's cinema, unless she is sharing story space with an equally troubled or tormented male, of course.