IN COMPETITION – The 76-year-old Japanese filmmaker, who does not owe his international recognition to Cannes, stages a story of samurai without dramaturgy.
In the Debussy room, Tuesday evening, we distinguish Hirokazu Kore-eda and Elia Suleiman among the fans of Takeshi Kitano, who came in large numbers to celebrate the return to cinema of the 76-year-old Japanese director. Thierry Frémaux welcomes him and his team as they should.
As he did when the official selection was announced last April, the General Delegate takes the trouble to specify that Kubi, presented at Cannes Première, is more “Beat” Takeshi than Kitano. Two precautions are better than one, but two warnings make you fear the worst.
“Beat” Takeshi is Kitano’s double. Before being celebrated as a major filmmaker in the 1990s, Kitano was a television star in Japan. A crazy animator, who likes to dress up as a geisha or as Donald Trump. A provocateur who makes millions of viewers laugh as a porcupine or a mad scientist in umed grotesque sketches.
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