Monsters Club (2011)/モンスターズクラブ

I watched "Monster's Club" (by Toshiaki Toyoda¹) for one reason and that reason was Kubozuka Yousuke². I didn't really know much about the film before watching it other than the fact he was in it.

At less than 90 minutes, it is a short film (with a short review) and follows, almost without exception, the actions and thoughts of one young man.
Ryoichi is a young man that has decided to leave the rubbish modern life³ behind and lives a life of self-sufficiency whilst sending bombs to senior people that have not abandoned modern life - and presumably shape it into the kind of thing Ryoichi wants to abandon. I would guess that the people that want to abandon society often feel that they themselves have been abandoned first. One of the reasons of his feelings of abandonment may be that most of his family have died - seemingly stemming from the suicide of his older brother, Yuki (which incidentally, can be read as snow). Being alone in the snowy woods in a cabin can do very strange things to the mind...

The film is almost entirely contemplative with the majority of the film taking place within the wood cabin in the form of conversations with dead family (essentially, in his head). It is fairly interesting but you would need to be in the mood for it. The main thing I took from watching it was, however, that Kubozuka Yousuke can still steal any scene he is in and I think it is a real shame that, for seemingly unrelated to film reasons, that he has not made more films than he has, and so few in starring roles.
 I'd watch it if you think you'd like a contemplative film set in the mind of a bomber whose family have committed suicide. And honestly, from that, I think you'd know if you would.

 Trailer here:

<sup>1. I have seen one of his films before after rave reviews , called "Blue Spring" [link].↩
2. He was exceptional in GO [link].↩
3. Modern Life Is Rubbish [link]↩</sup>