Bad Poetry Tokyo is a 2018 Japanese crime drama romance thriller film written, directed, produced, and edited by Anshul Chauhan that stars Nana Blank, Kento Furukoshi, and Shuna Iijima. "Bad Poetry Tokyo" is Chauhan's debut film. The film is about abuse against women.
Plot summary.
Fujita Jun (Shuna Iijima), a 30-year-old woman living in Tokyo who works as a hostess at a club and dreams of becoming an actress. Betrayed by her lover (Orson Mochizuki) and having her dreams crushed, she decides to leave Tokyo for her hometown in the countryside after five years of no contact with her family (Kôhei Mashiba). There, she reconnects with them but is also forced to confront some unpleasant truths about her past.
Release.
"Bad Poetry Tokyo" screened at the Raindance Film Festival. "Bad Poetry Tokyo" was entered into the Feature Film category at the Beverly Hills Film Festival.
Reception.
Shuna Iijima won Best Actress at the Osaka Asian Film Festival for her performance as Fujita Jun. "Bad Poetry Tokyo" won the Grand Prize for Best Film at the Brussels Independent Film Festival and Anshul Chauhan won the Best Narrative Feature Film at the Venice Film Week.
"Bad Poetry Tokyo" was nominated for the Grand Prix award for Best Film at the Osaka Asian Film Festival but did not win.