‘All of a Sudden’ Confronts Life, Death and the Failures of Capitalism
When Tao Okamoto first read the script for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden, one scene told her above all others that this was hers for the taking. The sequence saw her character, a well-regarded playwright named Mari, explaining the systemic failures of modern capitalism. The monologue is long and complex, propelled by interconnecting arguments that,…