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“But that’s exactly what happened with “ Earthlings in Love ,” the latest project from Japanese director Shinichiro Ueda.”
“Grade: B+ “Earthlings in Love” premiered at the 2026 Tokyo International Film Festival.”
“Her role in Shinpei’s life is unclear at first, not least because he keeps forgetting where he knows her from.”
“It’s also — and this is crucial — much better than anyone might expect, given its provenance.”
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“Powered by WordPress.com VIP Tokyo ‘Earthlings in Love’ Review: A Sentimental Sci-fi Journey Makes the Leap from TikTok to the Tokyo International Film Festival “One Cut of the Dead” director Shinichiro Ueda helms a project that’s better than a “vertical drama” has any right to be.”
“The director has not been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, but he was a prolific amateur filmmaker beginning in junior high, and the flashback scenes of “Earthlings in Love” are set in the year 2000, when Ueda was a sophomore in high school.”
““Earthlings in Love” is similar in that it takes its limitations and turns them into strengths, thoughtfully incorporating the vertical-video format both into the film’s mise en scene and its structure.”
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“These scenes are not the only ones that ring true, however, as Kato and Kyose successfully carry the plot through outrageous coincidence and into three-hanky tearjerking.”
“Over time, however, she becomes the story’s most tragic figure.”
“As we find out, the AI is reflecting Shinpei’s own faulty recollections back to him; Ueda insists that this isn’t a commentary on AI per se, but it does bring to mind the way that LLMs create feedback loops that have led to the pop-psychological phenomenon of AI psychosis.”
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