But to fully able to understand the relevance of Milton’s poem for the narrative, one needs to know that the epic poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man. Moreover, Ayako, upon hearing this story, expresses a desire to have someone take her on a tour as well.Ĭoncerning the latter, its reveal, at first, seems merely a repetition of the signifier ‘Paradise Lost’. Just like Bob Dylan invited Patty Smith, who had just lost her husband, to join him on this tour, Nobuyo, depressed due to Shinya’s father’s death, was invited by in Takeda on a ‘tour’. Concerning the former, it is not the tour as such that is important, but the relational dynamic underlying this tour that is important to the narrative. The title of Fukuma’s narrative paradise lost refer to the famous Paradise Lost tour of Bob Dylan and Patty Smith as well as to John Milton’s epic poem of the same name. Sho, who is preparing for his entrance examinations, harbours some feelings for Ayako. She is not only surrounded by her friend, Yuki Sasaki (Saori Kohara), and Yuki’s boyfriend, Kohei Kawamura (Bunyo Kimura), but also by Nobuyo (Yumeka Sasaki), Shinya’s punk mother, and Sho (Tengo Azuma), Shinya’s younger half-brother. The loss of her husband may still be on her mind, Ayako is, luckily, not able to isolate herself. She also starts to read the books he liked and notebook named ‘Paradise Lost’ he wrote.Ī year passes. After his death, his wife, Ayako (Misa Wada), starts dreaming about him and, sometimes, feels him beside her. One day, in the suburbs of Tokyo, a secondhand-book seller named Shinya Yamaguchi (Shuhei Eto) collapses and eventually dies. This time, we focus on Kenji Fukuma’s latest feature film, Paradise Lost. Therefore, being able to explore the various corners of the Japanese indie-scene is always a joy. Not only did our review of Tanaka’s indie-horror Bamy (2017) mark the true start of psycho-cinematography, the Japanese indie-movie community is psycho-cinematography’s life-source. For psycho-cinematography, Japanese indie-narratives have always been important.
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