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Kyoukai no Kanata – I’ll Be Here – Future Chapter, Parasyte Part 2 /...
Hello readers! This is one of the few weekends of 2015 which have rolled by that I feel that there’s a great selection of films on offer. A mix of indie and big budget flicks and anime. Not too much of...
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Broken (2014)
Broken Release Date: April 10th, 2014 Running Time: 122 mins. Director: Lee Jung-Ho Writer: Lee Jung-Ho (Screenplay), Keigo Higashino (Original Novel) Starring: Jung Jae-Young, Lee Sung-Min, Seo...
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The Boy and the Beast Trailer
Yesterday it was announced that anime films Hana to Alice Satsujin Jiken, Miss Hokusai and The Boy and the Beast are set to be shown at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (The Boy and the...
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Biri Gyaru, The Next Generation Patlabor: Shuto Kessen, Kuro 100 Minutes...
Happy weekend, audience! It is the month of May and the film festivals start crowding the calendar so expect posts on a few of them. I’ve still got plenty of reviews ready to post and I may try and get...
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Seventh Code (2014)
Seventh Code Seventh Code Film Poster Japanese Title: Seventh Code Romaji: Sebunsu Kodo Release Date: January 11th, 2014 Running Time: 60 mins. Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Writer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa...
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Japanese Films at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival
Cannes is THE film festival that everyone (even people with no interest in films) knows because of all the gossip about movie stars and the fashion stuff that newspapers report on instead of serious...
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Poison Berry in My Brain, Miss Hokusai, Zutaboro, Geki x Cine Aonoran, 17...
Happy weekend, everyone! The 2015 Cannes Film Festival is going to commence next week and I posted about the Japanese contingent that would be in France. I’m looking forward to seeing the coverage they...
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My Man Watashi no Otoko 私の男 (2014)
It seems that reviews of films containing Fumi Nikaido grow to mammoth proportions and this is another long one for a film released in June of last year. I’ve done my best to avoid spoilers and barely...
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Akegarasu, Deadman Inferno, Kakekomi, Harajuku Denieri, Terrace House:...
Cannes kicked off this week and the reviews are coming in thick and fast for all of the Japanese films that are at the festival. I’ll be sure to post highlights and links of/to them for you next week....
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Films at Nippon Connection 2015
Nippon Connection launches next month and the programme has been released. It looks incredible. This is the 15th Nippon Connection festival and it takes place from June 02nd to 07th, 2015 in Frankfurt,...
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Before the Leaves Fall, Buzz, Initiation Love, Yarukkya Knight, Tensai...
Happy weekend, everyone! Here’s something to cheer you up: The Cannes film festival is winding down now and I have begun collecting reviews of the Japanese films that screened for a post that acts as a...
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The Light Shines Only There そこのみにて光輝く (2014)
The Light Shines Only There Japanese: そこのみにて光輝く Romaji: Soko nomi nite Hikari Kagayaku Running Time: 120 mins. Release Date: April 19th, 2014 (Japan) Director: Mipo O Writer: Ryo Takada (Screenplay),...
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Sore Dake That’s It, Sweet Red Bean Paste, Smiles in the Mirror, Shinjuku...
Happy weekend! I started this week with the rather disappointing horror movie It Follows (2014). It was disappointing because it was overhyped and it didn’t live up to expectations despite some...
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Japanese Films at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015
The Edinburgh International Film Festival takes place from June 17th to the 28th and yesterday it launched its programme revealing the films that will be playing over the course of the event. While...
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Japanese Films at the 2015 Annecy International Animation Film Festival
Annecy 2015 Banner The Annecy International Animation Film Festival takes place later this month (from June 15th to the 20th) with a number of anime movies playing at the festival, many of which I have...
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Mother’s Tree, Pieta in the Toilet, Prophecy, Seven Days: Monday – Thursday,...
Happy weekend! I only watched three films this week the first, Breakmode (2014), a Japanese-Korean film about a salaryman chasing after a stolen car in Korea with the aid of his high-kicking Korean...
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Japan Cuts 2015 Coming in July
Japan Cuts is North America’s largest festival dedicated to contemporary Japanese cinema and the 2015 edition of the event will be its ninth year since it first began. The dates for this year’s...
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Love Live! The School Idol Movie, Yowamushi Pedal Re: ROAD, Sakana-kun...
Happy weekend! I have been busy writing away this week for a season of film and manga reviews I will announce on Monday. I spent a couple of hours during the first part of this month updating old...
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Genkina hito’s Summer of Splatter Films
It has been a while since I have done a season based on something or someone… I spent a couple of hours during the first part of this month updating old reviews with information and posters and whilst...
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White Panic 怖来 (2005)
White Panic Japanese: 怖来 Romaji: Fu-Rai Release Date: June 13th, 2005 Running Time: 70 mins. Director: Shugo Fujii Writer: Shugo Fujii (Screenplay), Akio Morisawa (Original Story) Starring: Shugo...
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