Miki Tanaka Makes Feature Directing Debut With "Silver Express"

Miki Tanaka has directed a first full-length film, "Silver Express," and Variety's critic praised it as careful, attentive work. The film is about the everyday experience of people who are asexual and aromantic, and how they live among others. The review notes that films and series with asexual characters already exist, but few spend time on what that life actually feels like, and that is where Tanaka's film keeps its focus. For Beverly Hills readers who follow new filmmakers, it marks the arrival of a director whose first feature takes on a subject few others have.

With reporting from Variety Film.