Yura Sato (left) and Australian comedian Chad Mullane as a miniature messiah in a still from Jesus.
Review |
Jesus film review: a lonely Japanese boy struggles with Christianity in Hiroshi Okuyama’s debut feature
- A surreal contemplation of organised religion, Jesus follows a nine-year-old boy as he seeks out tangible solutions to unanswerable questions
- The film reveals young director Hiroshi Okuyama as a staggeringly assured filmmaker already wise beyond his years
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Asian cinema: Japanese films
Yura Sato (left) and Australian comedian Chad Mullane as a miniature messiah in a still from Jesus.