ANATOMY OF A PAPERCLIP (Yamamori Clip Koujou no Atari) (2013) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Akira Ikeda

Written by - Akira Ikeda

Starring - Kozutoshi Kato, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Sakae Tomomatsu

"A modern day fairytale about the typical loser working a dead end job and leading a repetitively dull lifestyle. One day he finds a butterfly in his flat, and the next day he finds the butterfly has turned into a woman who behaves like a while – though she speaks incomprehensively. 

Anatomy of a Paper Clip is an absolute gem and this is also partially due to the fact that filmmaker Ikeda Akira makes a wide and free use of a deadpan and simplistic approach. Even the cinematography, often two dimensional, possibly seeks to make the presence of the camera want to disappear. 

Initially comical and then, as it progresses, more keen on revealing the individual delicate nature of vulnerability and humanity, Anatomy of a Paper Clip is a wonderful sweet natured film with a taste of poignancy and melancholia."

Drama, Japan