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Egoist
Directed by
Daishi Matsunaga
2022
2h
Drama
,
Romance
7.1
73%
100%
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Kosuke, gay male who lost his mother at 14, suppressed feelings in rural village. Now adult fashion editor in Tokyo, meets Ryuta. Film explores his journey from repressed adolescence to embracing identity.
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Where to Watch Egoist
Kanopy
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Cast of Egoist
Ryohei Suzuki
Kosuke Saito
Hio Miyazawa
Ryuta Nakamura
Sawako Agawa
Taeko Nakamura
Yuko Nakamura
Shizuko Saito
Iori Wada
Young Kosuke
Durian Lollobrigida
Kosuke's Friend
Akira Emoto
Yoshio Saito
Egoist Ratings & Reviews
The Asian Cut
Jericho Tadeo
The problem is that the film fails to cement Kosuke as the titular egoist.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Andy Klein
You're watching him becoming an adult after living this frivolous lifestyle. It's really touching in that way.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
A beautiful movie. The characters are just so wonderfully ordinary.
Spectrum Culture
Alan Zilberman
Each sad scene is a touch too maudlin, and by keeping the camera so close on its subjects, it somehow distorts the lives of its characters.
New York Times
Devika Girish
As the film leans into melodrama, it loses both its friction and frisson, and a steaming-hot premise turns into something cold to the touch.
In Review Online
Fred Barrett
In the hands of a different director, Egoist could've well been a rousing melodrama, but with Matsunaga's antiseptic touch, the film offers little outside of easy-on-the-eyes blandness.
NYC Movie Guru
Avi Offer
An engrossing, tender and heartbreaking love story.
Slant Magazine
Greg Nussen
Consistent with its style, which is so free of ornament, it pursues its themes with a welcome directness.
Brandon Judell (Medium)
Brandon Judell
What follows is both surprising and beautifully wrought. With a solid script and direction, plus first-rate thesping . . . and with a whole lot of Mother-Love incorporated and some tears, Egoist is one the top queer offerings out so far this year.
Bay Area Reporter
Gregg Shapiro
Suzuki, Miyazawa, and Agawa are all fantastic. Each actor gives a convincing and moving performance. Even with the heartbreaking elements of the story, Egoist is strongly recommended.
Psychocinematography
Pieter-Jan Van Haecke
Egoist, an exquisitely visualized fragment of Takayama Makoto's personal trajectory.
Edge Media Network
Frank J. Avella
"Egoist" is a stunning and truly haunting work, and all three performances are rich and nuanced.
Asian Movie Pulse
Panos Kotzathanasis
Despite a few faults here and there, "Egoist" emerges as an excellent drama, particularly due to the approach Matsunaga implemented to present his main theme.
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