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BISHU Sekai de ichiban yasashii fuku, The Last Passenger, Oshaberina...
Welcome to the third of three trailer posts for this week. You can find part one here and part two here. I am continuing on with my festival work so have breezed past 500 films watched this year quite...
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Korean Independent Animation Festival 2024 (Oct 26th) – as part of Osaka...
The 2024 edition of the Korean Independent Animation Festival will run as part of Osaka Cinemascape 2024, which is organised by the Osaka Asian Film Festival. Osaka Cinemascape is monthly project that...
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Maru, Fuzjko Hemming, a Pianist with a Romantic Tone, ADABANA, Japanese Film...
Welcome to the first of three trailer posts of the week. The next two follow over the next two days. I’ve been half-watching horror films while writing since this is October and my daytimes are spent...
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Matsuri no ato no ato no matsuri “Mazekoze Ichiza satsujin jiken”, Good...
Welcome to the second of three trailer posts this week. You can find the first post here and the third post will come tomorrow. Okay, so I’ve restarted Fire Emblem: Awakening for real this time. Just...
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Love is Outdated, Ken to Inori Hakamada Iwao no Shogai, Ame to Hikari, The...
Welcome to the third and final post of the week. You can find part one here and part two here. I am continuing with my festival work and getting through films while also practicing Japanese. I really...
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Media and Memory: SAKKA to stream Yusaku Matsumoto’s legal thriller WINNY...
Two films from Yusaku Matsumoto will be available to stream from indie movie site SAKKA soon. In October, there will be the release of his award-winning short Made in Japan, and November is the start...
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Hakkenden, Gekijouban ACMA GAME Saigo no Kagi, Ganbatte Ikimasshoi, Zenbu of...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts his week. Only ten Japanese films. I’ve got a couple of non-festival films to cover and I’m trying to focus down my Japanese studies. I’m taking the week to...
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Komaneko no Kaigai Ryoko, Perfect Propose Dream Edition, Eri wa minna to...
Welcome to the second and last trailer post of the week You can find the first post here. This week, so far, I have watched Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996), Nemesis (1992), Children of the Stones (1977),...
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MADE IN JAPAN 日本製造 メイド・イン・ジャパン (2019) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto
Made in Japan 日本製造 メイド・イン・ジャパン 「Nihon Seizo Meido in Japan」 Running Time: 30 mins. Release Date: February 23rd, 2019 Director: Yusaku Matsumoto Writer: Yusaku Matsumoto (Screenplay), Starring:...
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Chicago Japan Film Collective 2024 (November 14th-24th)
Chicago Japan Film Collective presents 11 Films over 11 Days in a run that stretches from November 14th to the 24th. There will be two in-theatre screenings at Music Box Theatre, Chicago, and 11...
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Aimitagai, Stolen Identity The Last Hacker, 11 Rebels, Bibalam!!, Japanese...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts of the week. The second trailer post fill follow tomorrow. After a bright start with Japanese studied, I’ve come to a point where I need to go over a...
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Musuko to Yobu hi Made, Until the Day I Call You Son, Festival Day,...
Welcome to the second of two trailer posts covering this weeks Japanese films. You can find the first post here. Since it is Halloween, I’ve been bouncing around horror films via various Twitch...
View ArticleRoger Corman’s Poe Cycle: A Heroic Purgatory Halloween Special
Happy Halloween! This is the time of year when people celebrate the supernatural and ghoulish aspects of popular culture and national myths. I do my part by highlighting horror movies on Halloween...
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Japanese Films at Tokyo FILMeX 2024 (November 23rd to December 01st)
Tokyo FILMeX 2023 runs from November 23rd to December 01st. The venues chosen are Marunouchi Toei and Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho (screening schedule) and the films getting screened have featured in...
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Push Pause, BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!! Kōhen: Utau, Bokura ni Nareru Uta and...
Welcome to the first of three trailer posts. You can find the next two posts on this site over the next two days. This is going to be a crazy week since I have non-stop writing to do with reviews but I...
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Gekijouban Honto ni atta! Noroi no bideo 109, Attack on Titan The Movie: THE...
Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first part here while the last part will be posted tomorrow. News of a tragic one-two of deaths have hit this week with Kazuo Umezu and...
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Aoi kioku, Ishi to Schadenfreude, Killer Queen Beyond School, The Ones Left...
Welcome to the third trailer post of the week. Part one is here and part two is here. I’ve managed to watch about 20 films over the last week. This is partly down to streaming via Twitch and festival...
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WINNY (2023) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto
Winny Release Date: March 10th, 2023 Duration: 127 mins. Director: Yusaku Matsumoto Writer: Yusaku Matsumoto, Kentaro Kishi (Screenplay), Junki Watanabe (Original Novel), Starring: Masahiro...
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Tanin wa jigoku da / Hell is Other People, Mr. Yano’s Ordinary Days, Muroi...
Welcome to the first of three trailer posts Come back for the second tomorrow and the third the day after. I spent the weekend watching screeners and covered a lot of titles for one festival and now I...
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Teppen no ken, Fictional, Parvathy Baul – Cross the Golden River, “Shogun”...
Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first post here and the third post here. I’ve spent the weekend unsubscribing from email lists as part of a desire to clean up my inbox...
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