Unassuming Japanese master Ryusuke Hamaguchi was jolted into the dehumanizing glare of the Oscar machine after “Drive My Car” became an unexpected cause célèbre a few years ago.
That generational masterpiece saw him ascend to the pinnacle of instant and unanimous global adoration and forged a salivating fanbase eagerly anticipating his subsequent work.
It has arrived now in the form of “Evil Does Not Exist,” his engaging but decidedly minor eco-fable that, by his own admission, was chiefly meant as a palate cleanser.
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