Mako, a life insurance saleswoman, struggles to improve her performance and faces constant reprimands from her manager, Koizumi. One day, she runs into Isao, a boyfriend from her student days. Through an introduction from Koizumi, she visits Murayama—a man who has made a fortune in illegal lending—and is forced to offer her body in exchange for securing a large insurance contract. Meanwhile, Isao, who works at a detective agency, discovers that Murayama was involved in the incident that drove Mako’s mother to suicide. Upon learning this, Mako begins to harbor murderous intent toward Murayama...
In order to learn why an arguably outdated fanfic trope was resurfacing in the contact zone of popular culture, I dove into a vibrant trough of character development.
In a film where a Black couple is framed to be the lead characters, they still managed to get shuffled off to the sidelines. The enthusiastic cast delivers well on goofy bits- but can only go so far before they begin to fall flat.
'Hawkeye' episode five features Clint facing his sins, Kate having dinner with an assassin, and the reveal of the long-awaited [SPOILER].
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, let us take a look at six films about transgender children grappling with their identity in a heteronormative world that despises their kind and tries its best to invalidate their feelings.
An Indonesian film that brings strong representation of Asian descent in this heart-warming tale of a woman and her dog.
As Sexual Assault Awareness Month comes to an end, I’d like to urge viewers and filmmakers to take a long and hard look at how rape is portrayed on screen.
