https://mrqe.com Sat, 20 Jun 2026 20:08:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mrqe.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/MRQE-favicon-1.png https://mrqe.com 32 32 https://mrqe.com/movie/untama-giru-m100027138/ Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/untama-giru-m100027138/ A magical realist story of the legendary Okinawan hero Untamagiru participating in efforts to form an independent Okinawa before the island was returned to Japan in 1972.

]]> https://mrqe.com/movie/paradaisu-byu-m100042382/ Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000 https://staging.mrqe.com/movie/paradaisu-byu-m100042382/ Go Takamine’s first theatrical feature is a pioneering work of Okinawan cinema, filmed almost entirely in Okinawan dialect. Taking place shortly before the resumption of Japanese sovereignty over Okinawa, Takamines film tacitly addresses the island prefecture’s complicated history of occupation and feelings of dislocation through the story of a small community and its preparations for a wedding between a local girl and a Japanese teacher. On the periphery of these events is Reishu (Kaoru Kobayashi), who quits his job on a US military base and uses the extra time to catch snakes and play with ants and get the bride-to-be pregnant. Takamines leisurely-paced film is full of uniquely Okinawan touches that mix in aspects of the island’s folklore, accompanied by Haruomi Hosonos spare and evocative score.

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