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HAL, Blindly in Love, A Pale Woman, It’s a Beautiful Day, Miracle Apples, The...
By the time you read this I’ll be in London enjoying the Terracotta far East Film Festival and meeting fellow cinephiles! The majority of posts on my blog covered a variety of festivals taking place in...
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Japanese Film and Dorama at the East End Film Festival June 25 – July 10
I was overjoyed when I saw Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s dorama Penance getting screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and Venice. It’s because it seemed that there would be a chance it would get...
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Terracotta Far East Film Festival Recovery
I got back from London and the Terracotta Far East Film Festival where I watched four films and met up with fellow bloggers/cinephiles. The films were: A Story of Yonosuke, See You Tomorrow, Everyone,...
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Live Action Kiki’s Delivery Service Production Video
Kiki’s Delivery Service Japanese Title: 魔女 の 宅急便 Romaji: Majo no Takkyubin Release Date: Spring, 2014 Running Time: N/A Director: Takashi Shimizu Writer: Eiko Kadono (Original...
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Screaming Class, Figua na Anata, I’ve Done My Best, The Serialist, Far Away...
This week has been spent writing, writing, writing. I got back from London at the beginning of the week and since then I have been writing up review notes from the Terracotta Far East Film Festival...
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Sion Sono’s Latest Film Update: Tokyo Tribes Audition Videos
Back in March I posted about Sion Sono’s latest project which is an adaptation of Santa Inoue’s Tokyo Tribes manga, a seinen title that mixes US street culture with a future dystopian reading of Tokyo...
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The Ravine of Goodbye, To Cry a 100 Times, Shady, Remiges, Ghost in the...
Well my holiday came to an end and it was back to work and I haven’t been as busy as this week had me. I got a bit of a surprise this week as well when I collected my post and excitedly got my...
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The Japan Foundation’s Film Talk: Cultural Presentation in International Film...
I love film festivals. They are an important way of watching films you would never ordinarily see on the big screen, meeting industry types and getting in contact with other cinephiles who remind you...
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Zero Focus
Zero Focus Japanese Title: ゼロ の 焦店 Romaji: Zero no Shoten Release Date: November 14th, 2009 Running Time: 131 mins. Director: Isshin Inudo Writer:...
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Midsummer Formula, Princess Sakura: Forbidden Pleasures, Uzumasa Jacopetti,...
The week started with a post about a talk about film festivals hosted by the Japan Foundation. I then followed it up with a rather late review for Zero Focus, a film I saw back in February. This was my...
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World War Z
World War Z Release Date: June 21st 2012 (UK) Running Time: 116 mins. Director: Marc Foster Writer: Max Brooks (Original Novel), J Michael Straczynski...
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The Berlin File
The Berlin File Release Date: January 29th, 2013 (South Korea) Running Time: 120 mins. Director: Ryoo Seung-Wan Writer: Ryoo Seung-Wan...
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GFP Bunny, Final Gintama: The Movie – Be Forever Yorozuya, Final Girl: Last...
This week has been very busy for me. A promotion… or maybe a sideways move between departments… at work means I get more hours at the gallery and less time watching films and anime and writing. I’d cry...
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Genkina Hito Tumblr Blog
It finally happened. My ego was too big for one blog. I started a new one. Actually I have been thinking about doing it for a while but I finally took the plunge when I had a lazy five minutes at home...
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Dog and Scissors First Impression
Dog and Scissors (Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou) Director: Yukio Takahashi, Series Composition: Toshizo Nemoto, Character Designer: Yōko Satō Voice Actors: Takahiro Sakurai (Kazuhito), Marina...
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The Fighting Men’s Chronicle Elephant Kashimashi Movie Version, Dilemma of...
Well with my new position in work I am in the gallery longer than is legal (I think) which explains why this post is late but I still have time to watch anime and dorama! Alright, not as much as I like...
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Gatchaman Crowds First Impression
Gatchaman Crowds Director: Kenji Nakamura , Series Composition/Scripts: Toshiya Ono, Animation Character Designer: Yuichi Takahashi Voice Actors: Maaya Uchida (Hajime Ichinose), Ryota Ohsaka...
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Spring Season Round-up
The summer anime have started and I’ve already watched the first episode from all of my picks so now it’s time to round up what I thought of the spring season titles I watched with some AMVs. How was...
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The Flower of Shanidar, Fuan no Tane, Seeds of Anxiety, The Wind Rises, Kaze...
Ah! Summer. Although I hate the heat I feel the potential of life now more than ever before. This week has been quite a good one. Nice weather, eating out and work has been fun because I met a gorgeous...
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Pacific Rim
Pacific Rim Japanese Title: パシフィック リム Romaji: Pashifikku Rimu UK Release Date: July 04th, 2013 Running Time: 132 mins. Director: Guillermo del...
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