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Critics Reviews

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Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Feb 3
While it contains some harsh, bleak truths, there’s an empathy for these kids that’s palpable, and it’s the sense that Nagahisa cares about Ju-Ju that makes it work. Go to Full Review Blake Simons IndieWire Jan 26
B-
Nagahisa imbues these characters with such earthy, lived-in existences that it’s frustrating to see the back half of his film hit grim and well-worn trauma tropes... irrespective of the richness of the earlier character writing. Go to Full Review Robert Kojder Flickering Myth Feb 2
3.5/5
A bleakly authentic look at an unexplored Japanese subculture with, at times, a documentary-reminiscent aesthetic, writer/director Makoto Nagahisa’s depressingly moving Burn doesn’t hold back in its depiction of "Toyoko kids" Go to Full Review Chad Collins Dread Central Jan 30
5/5
I was in awe, confident I was in the presence of a true, new master of the uncanny. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Makoto Nagahisa

Director

Nana Mori

Actor

Makoto Nagahisa

Screenwriter

Yasuo Suzuki

Producer

Kazunori Seki

Producer

Takeyasu Koganezawa

Producer
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Movie Info

Director
Makoto Nagahisa
Producer
Yasuo Suzuki, Kazunori Seki, Takeyasu Koganezawa
Screenwriter
Makoto Nagahisa
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
1h 43m