Plot: The second part of an anthology project, featuring six short films based on songs from a selection of popular Japanese artists. From men who mourn their mothers to lost loves and dangers threatening humanity, each story develops in lyrical ways that don't follow traditional story writing rules.
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February 15, 2025
Song Story is a 12-short anthology split into two different releases. Each of the stories is based on Japanese pop songs, which means the directors had the liberty of making something a bit more creative. And that's exactly what they did. The quality of the shorts is relatively stable, but they are different enough from one another and none of them felt lazy or uninspired. Isamu Hirabayashi had the most abstract of the six shorts and display, which is why it's my uncontested favorite of the bunch, but all of the films here added something substantial to the film. A fun discovery.