This hasn¡¯t been a great decade for new Japanese filmmakers, but Kazuya Shiraishi has left his mark. Since debuting with ¡°Lost Paradise in Tokyo¡± (2009), the Hokkaido-born director has been churning out movies at a prolific clip.
Some, like crime dramas ¡°The Devil¡¯s Path¡± (2013) and ¡°The Blood of Wolves¡± (2018), have been very good indeed; others, like this year¡¯s ¡°A Gambler¡¯s Odyssey 2020,¡± were total duds. Yet it¡¯s always interesting to see what Shiraishi will come up with next ¡ª and he seldom keeps you waiting long.
¡°One Night¡± is the third film the director has released during 2019, and with its starry cast and torrid family drama, it¡¯s possibly the most conventional thing he¡¯s done to date. Based on a stage play by Yuko Kuwabara, it delves into themes that are familiar from Shiraishi¡¯s previous work: whether the ends ever justify the means, and if there¡¯s any hope for people who commit awful deeds.
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