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Japan Cuts : She Taught Me Serendipity / Exclusive Interview with Actress Yuumi Kawai 

Director Akiko Ooku (“Tremble All You Want“, JC 2018) shifts away from her novel engagements with the neurotic interiorities of young working women to explore the life of college student Konishi (Riku Hagiwara), an anxiety-ridden loner who brandishes an umbrella on sunlit days. Through a progression of coincidences, Konishi forms a bond with classmate Hana…

Japan Cuts: ‘She Taught Me Serendipity’ Shows The Dark Side Of Fortuitous Incidents

The word Serendipity stands for “the faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident,” it’s basically a blessing in disguise. The film directed by Akiko Ohku seems to explore the darker aspect of life’s fortuitous events. The destinies of the characters involved in the story, rather than finding something good accidentally, traverse unexpected sorrows and someway…