Offbeat Japanese Movie ‘Desert of Namibia’ Trailer Starring Yumi Kawai
by Alex Billington
March 26, 2025
Supply: YouTube
“Am I fairly?” Kani Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for a Japanese indie movie titled Desert of Namibia, the second characteristic made by younger Japanese filmmaker Yoko Yamanaka. This primary premiered ultimately yr’s Cannes Movie Competition within the Administrators’ Fortnight sidebar part, and it is going to be enjoying in US artwork home theaters beginning this Might – one yr later. The movie stars Yumi Kawai as 21-year-old Satsuki – she swaps boyfriends continuously, unconcerned with profession or societal norms. Her unpredictable conduct results in a misdiagnosis of bipolar dysfunction, as she navigates a inflexible, patriarchal society. Described in a single evaluation as: “Elusive, Desert of Namibia is an ultra-melancholic slapstick comedy, a slow-burn vaudeville, a fantasy movie with out monsters or ghosts–or else solely populated by monsters and ghosts, however with a seemingly on a regular basis high quality…” And it additionally “masterfully conveys the chaos and disarray of a younger lady at odds with the world as a lot as with herself.” Along with Kawai, the movie stars Keisuke Horibe, Daichi Kaneko, Kanichiro, Yuzumi Shintani, Makiko Watanabe, and Erika Karata. That is undoubtedly price a glance.
Here is the official US trailer (+ posters) for Yoko Yamanaka’s movie Desert of Namibia, from YouTube:
Desert of Namibia follows the mercurial 21-year-old Kana (Yumi Kawai), a hair-removal technician at a salon in Tokyo, who bristles in opposition to the sweetness expectations positioned on ladies her age. Her erratic temper and default to self-destruct impacts all of her relationships, as moments of levity erupt into violence and optimism simmers to despair. The award-winning Kawai embodies Kana with an emotional depth and clear-eyed precision that evokes Gena Rowlands in Cassavettes’ A Girl Below the Affect. Desert of Namibia, also referred to as ナミビアの砂漠 or Namibia no Sabaku in Japanese, is each written and directed by Japanese indie filmmaker Yôko Yamanaka, making her second characteristic movie after directing Amiko, and a few TV collection most just lately. This initially premiered on the 2024 Cannes Movie Competition final yr enjoying within the Administrators’ Fortnight sidebar. Kani Releasing debuts Yoko Yamanaka’s Desert of Namibia movie in choose US theaters (first at Metrograph in NYC) beginning on Might sixteenth, 2025 coming quickly. Who desires to observe?
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