![]() ![]() Sato has taken an interest in Hinako (Yurina Hirate), a young woman in a wheelchair that is connected to his killer past. The sequel picks up with Sato living the undercover life with his neophyte fellow assassin Yoko (Fumino Kimura), who is posing as his sister. #The fable 2021 movie#He gets a job as an artist for a greeting card company and tries to stay out of trouble, which the movie does an excellent job of throwing at him. The first film detailed his exile to Osaka with strict orders not to kill anyone, on penalty of death. No one knows his true identity, save the audience, who recognizes him as Sato, a genuine weirdo who shows almost no emotion, is very sensitive to hot foods and shows marginally more affection for his pet parrot than any of the humans in his life. Now, a scant two years later yet in an entirely different world, Kan Eguchi’s highly anticipated follow-up has made its debut.ĭoes it live up to the high bar set by the original?įor those unfamiliar with the premise, The Fable is not so much a genre as the nickname of an infamous assassin (the exquisitely deadpan Junichi Okada) who can take down any opponent in six seconds or less. ![]() When the original Fable (which quickly became recognized as one of the major highlights of that year’s slate) premiered at the 2019 NYAFF, it was with the knowledge that a sequel was already in the works. The 20th Anniversary New York Asian Film Festival takes place August 6–22 with both virtual and in-person screenings. ![]()
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