Queer Fish Lane, Hengyoro, 変魚路 (2017) dir. Go Takamine

The longawaited latest feature from Okinawas preeminent filmmaker Go Takamine (Untamagiru) is a freewheeling impressionistic work set in a fantastical realm informed by reality, memories, indigenous folklore and theater. X years after the oftreferenced but never elaboratedupon Shima pshoo incident, aging Tarugani and Papajo are best friends who live in Patai Village, where those who failed to die continue to exist. When the two find themselves framed as thieves who stole an illegal substance from the local store, they set out on the road, chased by three dripping wet mysterious women. An utterly unconventional visceral feast.