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‘The Intertwining’ Review: Two Medical Students Uncover Buried Truths in Tense Psychological Drama

A Japanese woman and a Korean woman learn they were switched during IVF in an intensely controlled film from Kiyoshi Kurosawa protegé Akira Yamamoto.

'The Intertwining'

Tokyo International Film Festival

“The Intertwining” director Akira Yamamoto was mentored by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and it shows. Yamamoto is one of many Japanese filmmakers to study under the legendary director of “Cure” and “Tokyo Sonata,” who was a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts from 2005 to 2023.…