Trust the Tales: An Interview with Masayuki Suo

In a country whose cinema is largely defined by the wacky and the extreme, it isn't easy to gain international recognition for understated narrative films. Russell Edwards met with one of Japan's most nationally successful and internationally underrated directors to discuss his approach to genre, the appeal of the everyday, and his 2012 film, A Terminal Trust.

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