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Kabukicho High School, Jakarta, Where Punk Lives – MARJINAL, The Summer of...
Cramming for a Japanese exam and speech has meant fewer posts but since those posts that I do send out into the wild are mammoth hulking festival previews… well, at least they get the time to shine....
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Japanese Films at the Terracotta Far East Film Festival 2014
The full line-up for this year’s Terracotta Far East Film Festival has been revealed ahead of its run at The Prince Charles Cinema and The Institute of Contemporary Art in London between May 23rd and...
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Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro, Live, My Pretend Girlfriend, Wood Job!,...
My long week at work is about to end and I’m about to start a short four day holiday where I prep for my Japanese exam. I’ve already had my speaking test where I introduced this blog to my class and...
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Hoozuki no Reitetsu Series Review
How does Wit Studio follow up a massive smash-hit like the TV anime Attack on Titan and its amusing OVAs? They make an office comedy. “Office comedy? What’s with all the demons?” you might ask....
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Ushijima the Loan Shark Part 2, Flower and Snake Zero, The Undying Dream We...
Japanese exams are over! Okay, the reaction wasn’t as extreme as that but that’s it for the next few months I’ll be able to watch films regularly again and finish off a video game or two. This morning...
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Third Window Films Release Gritty Korean Drama Bleak Night
Third Window Films switch up from the trend of releasing Japanese films as seen in most of their output last year and in two of the last two month’s finest world cinema titles like “The Story of...
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Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival Preview
The Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival is a small event that takes place over the course of a day at Chapter Arts, a small but trendy (read, hipsterish) art house cinema and theatre space tucked away...
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Haunted School: The Curse of the Word Spirit, Bolt from the Blue, Eagle and...
Cannes is underway and I’ve been sucked into the hype by constantly checking the film reviews and videos over at The Guardian and the info on Bonjour Tristesse. The Japanese entries are splitting the...
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Blue Ruin (2013)
Blue Ruin Running Time: 90 mins. Release Date: May 02nd, 2014 (UK Release) Director: Jeremy Saulnier Writer: Jeremy Saulnier (Screenplay), Starring: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin...
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Real (2013)
Real Japanese Title: リアル 完全なる首長 竜の日 Romaji: Riaru Kanzen’naru Shuchou Ryuu no Hi Release Date: June 01st, 2013 (Japan)...
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Japanese Films at the Edinburgh Film Festival 2014
The programme of films for this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival was announced on Wednesday and there’s a decent selection of Japanese films. No real surprises since most of these have been at various...
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Monsterz, Rose Color’s Buko, The Assorted Horizon, Sad Tea, June Light’s 3...
There are so many films released this weekend I have split this post into two. Here are a mixture of some of the big hitters for this weekend with some documentaries. Sunday’s post will contain...
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All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa, A Minute More, Robot Girls Z,...
There are so many films released this weekend that I have had to split the trailer post into two (which I was doing a few months ago). I have had everything scheduled because I am down in London for...
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Genkina hito’s Summer 2014 Anime Picks
I submitted my Anime UK News Summer 2014 Preview last night and it’s awaiting a second pass in the validation queue from an editor. I wrote about 45 new shows airing on Japanese television and...
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Asian Film Festival of Dallas
The 13th Asian Film Festival of Dallas will be launched in just over a month’s time and I have been contacted with some of the line-up. Looking at last year’s festival one can see a rich mix of titles...
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Jossy’s, Disregarded People, Ninjani Sanjo! Mirai e no Tatakai, Otaku’s...
This time last week I was at the Terracotta Far East Film Festival where I was going to experience the awesomeness that is The Snow White Murder Case and other titles.I’ve got those reviews in the...
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Snow White Murder Case (2014) Shira Yuki Hime Satsujin Jiken
Snow White Murder Case (2014) (International Premiere) Japanese Title: 白ゆき姫殺人事件 Romaji: Shira Yuki Hime Satsujin Jiken Running Time: 126 mins. Release Date: March 29th, 2014 (Japan) Director:...
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Japan Cuts 2014 Preview
New York, New York, what a wonderful town. I have never wanted to live in New York as much as I did after reading the line-up for Japan Cuts 2014. The Japan Society will host a series of awesome...
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Climbing to Spring, Gift, High Kick Angels, Fig Tree’s Forest, My Man, My...
E3 week! Yay! More hype about video games like Bayonetta 2 and The Evil Within! Also the World Cup started this week and I’m already sick of hearing about it. Football, please shut up! Only one movie...
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Real (2013)
Real Japanese Title: リアル 完全なる首長 竜の日 Romaji: Riaru Kanzen’naru Shuchou Ryuu no Hi Release Date: June 01st, 2013 (Japan)...
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