‘Between Us’ Review: Estranged Teenagers Process Past Tragedy Through High School Theater in Fitfully Ambitious Japanese Drama

‘Between Us’ Review: Estranged Teenagers Process Past Tragedy Through High School Theater in Fitfully Ambitious Japanese Drama hakkında magazin dünyasında yaşanan en son ayrıntılar ve sıcak gelişmeler netleşti. Oct 29, 2026 4:53am PT ‘Between Us’ Review: Estranged Teenagers Process Past Tragedy Through High School Theater in Fitfully Ambitious Japanese Drama Ririka Kawashima turns heads as a grief-stricken teen who must confront a childhood friend in Shingo Matsumura’s drama, which promises much but only partially delivers. By James Marsh Plus Icon James Marsh Latest ‘Between Us’ Review: Estranged Teenagers Process Past Tragedy Through High School Theater in Fitfully Ambitious Japanese Drama 20 seconds ago ‘Between Two Lovers’ Review: Nanako Hirose’s Contentious Family Drama Examines an Ill-Fated Throuple 3 weeks ago ‘Satoko Always’ Review: A Trio of Women Find Their Inner Voice in Shuichi Okita’s Delightful Celebration of the Art of Writing 3 weeks ago See All Add us as a Google Preferred Source Comments The lingering trauma shared by two middle-class families, once friendly but now estranged following a tragic camping incident, is finally addressed through the unlikely prism of a high-school drama club production in “ Between Us ,” Shingo Matsumura ’s well-intentioned, yet only fitfully successful, exploration of unprocessed grief.

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The writer-director’s fourth feature film premieres as part of the Tokyo Film Festival ’s revamped and newly competitive Nippon Cinema Now section and is bolstered by a quartet of assured performances from its female leads. Related Stories ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’ Review: Kal Penn and Abbie Cornish Star in a Minor Sidebar to the Anna Nicole Smith Story ‘Big Boys Don’t Cry’ Review: Masculinity and Its Constructs Are Explored in a Revealing Docu-Fiction Study of Egyptian Bodybuilders Ririka Kawashima is most impressive as the shellshocked teenager Makoto in a story that sees mothers and daughters emerge from the emotional fallout of losing a loved one to shoulder the burden of recovery and reconciliation.

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Never lacking in ambition, yet left somewhat wanting in execution, commercial prospects for “Between Us” may well be limited to specialist showcases with a particular focus on nurturing emerging voices still honing their craft. In a brief yet crucial prologue, 10-year-old Kasumi and her parents set out on a countryside camping trip.

They were set to be joined by Kasumi’s classmate Makoto and her family, but she is sick and her father is called into the office unexpectedly. As a result, only Makoto’s eight-year-old brother Kenji goes with the other family, and upon arrival at the campsite, scampers around excitedly with a butterfly net, while being warned not to wander too far.

Six years later, and the domestic landscape has changed dramatically for both households. High-schooler Makoto (Kawashima) lives with her mother, Emi (Akiko Kikuchi) — who is now an emotional wreck — while her father (Yoichiro Saito) has moved out, lost his office job, and now scrapes together a living as a delivery driver.

Makoto bristles when an elderly neighbor casually mentions her brother, while Emi becomes all but catatonic when a colleague at the library where she works asks after her “little one.” Kasumi (Anna Kurasawa) and her family appear to be faring somewhat better. They are still together and have added a now five-year-old daughter, Chika, to their brood.

But when mother Fumiko (Asami Usuda) comments that their youngest was complaining about never seeing her father (Takahiro Miura) smile, the cracks beneath this veneer of domestic bliss quickly become apparent. These early sequences display a keen ability from Matsumura to paint

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