‘Evil Does Not Exist’: Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Haunted Eco Parable

The Japanese director’s follow-up to ‘Drive My Car’ is a deeply disturbing examination of our relationship with the natural world

Hitoshi Omika stars in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s ‘Evil Does Not Exist’, Sideshow/Janus Films

The first and last images we see in Evil Does Not Exist are of trees in the sky. In the beginning, there is light, and the view of the branches…