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Egoist
Directed by
Daishi Matsunaga
2023
2h
Drama
,
Romance
7.0
73%
92%
7.1
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Kosuke, a gay man, lost his mother at 14 and had a dull teenage life. Now a fashion editor in Tokyo, he meets Ryuta. The film explores his journey from his repressed adolescence to the acceptance of his identity.
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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
Daishi Matsunaga
Director / Screenplay
Kyoko Inukai
Screenplay
Makoto Takayama
Novel
Rampei Yokoyama
Producer
Yoshi Kino
Producer
Naoya Ikeda
Director Of Photography
Nami Shinozuka
Costume Coordinator
Yôhei Matsushita
Assistant Director
Ryo Hayano
Editor
Hiroko Sebu
Original Music Composer
Hiroyuki Ishizaka
Sound Designer
Yuki Yaei
Sound Recordist
Masato Komaki
Sound Recordist
Egoist Ratings & Reviews
The Asian Cut
Jericho Tadeo
The problem is that the film fails to cement Kosuke as the titular egoist.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Andy Klein
You're watching him becoming an adult after living this frivolous lifestyle. It's really touching in that way.
FilmWeek (LAist)
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
Gregory 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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