Earthquake Bird (2019)
Release Year: 2019
Nation: Japan, United States of America
Alternative Title: Pássaro do Oriente, L'Oiseau-tempête, Wo die Erde bebt, A csendmadár, Dove la terra trema, Jordskjelvfuglen, Ptak, który zwiastowal trzesienie ziemi, Предвестник землетрясения, La música del terremoto
Director: Wash Westmoreland
Writer: Susanna Jones, Wash Westmoreland
Production & Genre
Producer(s):
Companies: Scott Free Productions, TWENTY FIRST CITY
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Mystery Film, Romance, Thriller
Awards & Similar
Awards: N/A
Similar:
Keywords
Keywords: 1980s, based on novel or book, interracial relationship, japanese man, love triangle, neo-noir, photographer, tokyo, japan, traumatized woman
Story
In Tokyo, Japan during 1989, Lucy Fly, an enigmatic expat translator with a troubled past, begins a passionate relationship with Teiji, a handsome and mysterious local photographer who shares her emotional turmoil. Their intense connection is disrupted when Lily Bridges, a naive newcomer to their lives, becomes entangled in their affair. As tensions rise among the trio, Lucy's calm exterior starts to crack, culminating in Lily going missing and being suspected dead.
Summary
Earthquake Bird (2019) is a neo-noir thriller directed by Wash Westmoreland, set against the backdrop of 1980s Tokyo. The film explores an interracial relationship between Lucy Fly, a haunted expat woman, and Teiji, a troubled Japanese photographer. Based on Susanna Kaysen's novel of the same name, it delves into themes of love, obsession, and emotional turmoil through a complex love triangle.
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