The old woman turns out to have been a teacher called Matsuko, who fell from grace into prostitution. Miki Nakatani is good as Matsuko as Nakashima blazes retrospectively through the decades from ...

It's better to face ups and downs than lead a perfect but boring life, said Japanese director Tetsuya Nakashima and singer-cum-actress Miki Nakatani. They were in Hong Kong recently to promote ...

Which only serves to make ‘Memories of Matsuko’ all the more astounding: yes, it’s vibrantly, often toe-curlingly, bright. But it’s also stunningly inventive, crammed with ideas and ...