The Japan TimesSep 19, 2025
In “Ranshima Bound,” Hokkaido native Yoshitaka Kamada’s gloomy drama, grief and guilt don’t melt away — they harden. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/19/ranshima-bound/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #japanesefilm #yoshitakakamada #tomokikimura #yukokii #tomomitsuadachi
‘Ranshima Bound’: Family fractures and buried truths collide in Hokkaido chill

Tomoki Kimura’s turn as a one-time punk rocker drifting through life grounds Kamada’s drama in rage, regret and reluctant tenderness.

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