The Criterion Collection recently published an article in which they ask the Japanese auteur director of Happy Hour and Asako I & II as well as early works Intimacies and Passion to name his Top 10 movies. The list he produces is a mix of western and Asian filmmakers, but clearly there is a connective thread to Hamaguchi’s own penchant for existential explorations in human relationships.

Check out the article on the Criterion Current here.