‘Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!’ Review: A Japanese Widow Dances Her Way Back to Life in a Lovely Comic Drama
Director Josef Kubota Wladyka mixes surreal fantasies with emotion in a Tokyo-set indie starring Rinko Kikuchi premiering at Sundance.
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Director Josef Kubota Wladyka mixes surreal fantasies with emotion in a Tokyo-set indie starring Rinko Kikuchi premiering at Sundance.
Sundance: Rinko Kikuchi’s latest starring role finds her navigating deep emotion through a light and quirky lens. It mostly works.
A cross-cultural tale of grief and dance, Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!” stems from an intimate place, but ends up emotionally inert thanks to its style. Its key strength is a committed lead performance from Rinko Kikuchi, who…
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