Earthquake Bird

2019

Johnny's comments:

Earthquake Bird is a mystery drama set in Japan in 1989. Lucy Fly (Alicia Vikander) is working as a translator in Japan when her friend goes missing. When a body washes up in the sea, Lucy is called in by the police for an interview in which she tells the story of how they met:

One day, Lucy is walking down a path where she sees a photographer Teiji (Naoki Kobayashi) taking a photo of her and she begins to chat with him. From there they strike up a relationship where Teiji takes photographs of her to the point of obsession, but that doesn't bother Lucy as she likes the attention she is getting. At her birthday party, Lucy is introduced to an American woman Lily Bridges (Riley Keough) by her English friend (Jack Huston), who has only just come to Japan working as a bartender and struggles with the language and customs. Lucy doesn't make friends easily and she is reluctant to let Lily in but she slowly does and forms an attraction to her which changes when she introduces Lily to Teiji and he starts taking photographs of her. After falling ill during a trip and being left behind, Lucy becomes insanely jealous of Lily as she seems to have become Teiji's new fancy. As we find out throughout her story, Lucy is a magnet for death and when Lily goes missing after Lucy shuts her out of her life, will death strike again? Has Lucy killed Lily?

Interesting mystery movie that's mostly depressing and tragic. Lucy being a fairly cold character adds to the mood, and Vikander plays her well. The mystery part of the story is a little anti-climactic thanks to an unnecessary red herring but that is thankfully overshadowed by Lucy's intriguing story. Not a bad movie at all.

Alicia Vikander, Riley Keough and Kiki Sukezane film clips

Vikander

All three women