4 July 2020

The Shadow Within (Japan, 1970)

Hamajima is a quiet, hard-working man, whose life changes drastically when he reunites with a lovely childhood friend and her strange little boy.

The Evil Within is a strangely captivating piece of dark family drama, and the titular evil referring to a small boy. Director Yoshitaro Nomura puts a lot of emphasis on personal struggles one can experience in a relationship that's going nowhere, and the complications of when another life is more tempting than the one you have right now. With lovely 70's color cinematography and a subtle palette Nomura frames a troubled love story that's destinied for disaster when Hamajima, who's smitten with the beautiful Teiko, encounters a huge stumbling block in the form of a malevolent child. 







Genre: Drama

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