EIFF 2012: ‘Isn’t Anyone Alive?’ is, ironically or not, frequently lifeless
Isn’t Anyone Alive? (Ikiterumono wa inainoka) Written by Shirô Maeda Directed by Gakuryu Ishii Japan, 2012 Set around a university and its campus hospital, veteran director Gakuryu Ishii’s play adaptation follows several groups of students, and the occasional older presence, who go about their everyday lives against the backdrop of a series of mysterious public …