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The Seppuku Pistols 切腹ピストルズ (2022) Dir: Yo Umezaki
The Seppuku Pistols 切腹ピストルズ 「Seppuku Pisutoruzu」 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 115 mins. Director: Yo Umezaki Writer: N/A Starring: Seppuku Pistols When I say punk music, you might think of a band...
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A Glimpse at the Films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2024
The 35th Tokyo Student Film Festival runs from August 16th to August 18th in Shibuya Eurolive. 17 films will be on offer plus a guest talk by Joe Odagiri where he will talk about his career and also...
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A Preview of the Japanese Indie Films at Kanazawa Film Festival 2024 in...
The Kanazawa Film Festival 2024 will take place this year from September 04th to the 08th at 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Theatre 21. There is a heavy international presence and a...
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Bocchi the Rock the Movie, Blue Period, Shinmai Kisha Torokko, Eiga Crayon...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts You can find the second post here tomorrow I’ve started playing Fire Emblem: Awakening again just to see if I can get the game finished so I can go on to play...
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“The sound of the taiko drums transcends nationality”: Yo Umezaki on his...
Seppuku Pistols are a punk band with a twist: they are 20 members strong and use taiko drums, flutes, shamisen, and a bell while their clothing is noragi (farmers) jackets, bamboo hats, and sandals....
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Gekijouban Hontou ni atta kowai hanashi henna madori, Shinjuku Inco,...
Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first trailer post here. I posted about the Tokyo Student Film Festival and the indie films at the Kanazawa Film Festival. I also posted...
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Japanese Films at the Venice International Film Festival 2024 (August 28th to...
The Venice International Film Festival is going to take place from August 28th to September 07th. We have the latest Kiyoshi Kurosawa and a surprise Takeshi Kitano while Neo Sora returns for a second...
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A Glimpse at the Japanese Films at the Toronto International Film Festival...
The 2024 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 05th to the 15th and they have announced their programme. This post will focus on films that were made in Japan and...
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The Voices at War Movie, A Samurai in Time, Shinpei,, Touken Ranbu Kai:...
Welcome to the one and only trailer post of the week. I have started doing festival work in preparation for a big event next year. Before that, I have a couple of films to review and publish interviews...
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Sayonara, Girls. Set to Start Streaming on SAKKA in September: see Shun...
SAKKA, the online streaming service dedicated to showcasing Japanese films, is set to host a Shun Nakagawa double-bill in September in the form of Sayonara, Girls, a coming-of-age drama following...
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The Box Man, Sayuri, We Don’t Know Love Yet, Last Mile, Japanese Film Trailers
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts The next one follows tomorrow. I have adopted a go slow and concentrate sort of lifestyle at the moment. This is in part due to Japanese studies and I do feel...
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The IDOLM@STER Shiny Colors 2nd Season Part 2, Saikyou-ou Zukan The Ultimate...
Welcome to the second and final trailer post of the week. You can find the first part here. So I’m back recording episodes of Heroic Purgatory and we’re covering Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers,...
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From Okinawa with Love, Rude to Love, Okite, The3 Youngmen Omega Movie, The...
Welcome to the first trailer post of the week. The next two trailer posts follow tomorrow and the day after. I’m upping the amount of Japanese I am doing again, the reason for which is that I met...
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Zagin de shisu!?, Ifudodo shogakkintte iikata yamete moratte iidesu ka?,...
Welcome to the second of this week’s trailer posts. You can find the first one here and the third one follows tomorrow. I think that one of my big motivators for learning Japanese is to continue...
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Padre Project, Trash and Flower, Yuuji!!, Hypnosis Mic Division Rap Battle...
Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week. You can find part one here and part two here. Since my last trailer post collection, I’ve watched Longlegs (2024), Hundreds of Beavers (2024),...
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Japanese Films at L’Etrange Festival 2024
The L’Etrange Festival runs from September 03 to 15 and there are some familiar Japanese films are programmed at L’Etrange this year? Mondovision The Box Man 箱男 「Hako Otoku」 Release Date: August...
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Desert of Namibia, Toritsukushima, Ishi ga Aru / There is a Stone, Arata...
Welcome to the first of three trailer posts. The next two posts follow over the next two days. What are the first set of releases for this week? Desert of Namibia ナミビアの砂漠 「Namibia no Sabaku」 Release...
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Japanese Films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2024...
This year’s San Sebastian International Film Festival runs from September 20th to the 28th and they have announced their selection of films, a number of which come from high-profile filmmakers and...
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100 byou no Keno Kenka Battle Royale, Yamazato wa jizoku kanouna sekai datta,...
Welcome to the second of three trailer posts The first part is here and the second part follows tomorrow. I said that I’m taking things slow but now I am writing reviews in Japanese so things are going...
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Kodokuna Rakuen, Shimaneko, Hiraya monogatari shogyou mujou session, Freaks’...
Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week. You can find part one here and part two here. It’s a case of slowly chunking down work as I try to strike a healthy balance between festival...
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