Takashi Miike goes into seemingly unexpected direction, or unexpected if you haven’t see the wide depth of the hundreds of films he’s made. The film is not a violent action film but a measured exploration of he said she said where a teacher is accused of bullying one of his students. He never truly says he is guilty even as his school buckles under the hint of scandal.
Essentially a three part film
, the mother’s version, the teacher’s version and then the court room case. It’s
a film you have to stay with until it catches it footing, about a half an hour
in, and then it is gangbusters. This is an incredibly well done drama about the
cost of giving in to a falsehood. (that isn’t a spoiler since the film is
supposedly based on an actual court case).
While the film doesn’t have a
great deal of bells and whistles, it does have a rock solid hand steering
things. Miike truly is one of the best directors working today. He is a man who
can do anything and make it look easy. Why he isn’t better known and why people don’t watch more of his films
(all his films are not AUDITION or --- or ---) I will see anything Miike does
simply because it truly will not be like anything else out there, even if it is
a remake or version of a familiar tale.
Shame is a great film and
highly recommended.
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