88/100
No one captured the dream of adolescence as something so elusive and carefree as Nobuhiko Ôbayashi did. This growing up—the part of our lives defined by the liminal identity of being a child and an adult and the seemingly infinite possibilities that came from that in-between place we stared in the face with childish arrogance only for us to get knocked down and try again with spirits undeterred—was what imbued the films of Ôbayashi with so much contagious vigor…
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