R100 (Matsumoto, 2013): Japan

Reviewed by Larry Gleeson. Viewed during the AFI Filmfest 2013.   “R100,” , directed by Hitoshi Matsumoto, half of the Japanese comedic phenomenon, Downtown, is an absurdist Japanese comedy about an average, everyday family man, Takafumi Katayama, played by Nao Ohmori, leading an average everyday hum-drum, existence who decides one day to join a rather … Continue reading R100 (Matsumoto, 2013): Japan