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The Chaser (2008)
The Chaser The Chaser Film Poster Release Date: February 14th, 2008 Running Time: 123 mins. Director: Na Hong-Jin Writer: Na Hong-Jin, Hong Won-Chan, Lee Shinho, (Screenplay) Starring: Kim Yun-Seok,...
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The Yellow Sea (2010)
The Yellow Sea Release Date: December 22nd, 2010 Running Time: 156 mins. Director: Na Hong-Jin Writer: Na Hong-Jin, Hong Won-Chan (Screenplay) Starring: Ha Jung-Woo, Kim Yun-Seok, Cho Seong-Ha, Lee...
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Veteran (2015)
Veteran Release Date: August 05th, 2015 Running Time: 123 mins. Director: Ryoo Seung-Wan Writer: Ryoo Seung-Wan (Screenplay) Starring: Hwang Jung-Min, Yoo Ah-In, Yu Hae-Jin, Oh Dal-Su, Jang Yoon-Ju,...
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A Road あるみち (2015)
I have been reviewing films for V-Cinema but when it came to Japan Cuts I had a car-crash moment when my computer suffered a breakdown during a teaching course. Problem solved but two months late,...
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Japanese Author Mitsuyo Kakuta (Rebirth, Pale Moon) in London on October 26th
Ah, being in Japan means I get to miss so many cool Japan-related events in the UK such as this talk with the writer Mitsuyo Kakuta that will take place in London. She is a name that film fans may know...
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Third Window Films Release “Lowlife Love” on DVD/Blu-Ray on November 21st
Lowlife Love has been reported on here multiple times. I tracked it from its inception as a Kickstarter Project (which I backed) and then I wrote about it four times when it featured at a number of...
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Don’t Look Up (1996) 女優霊 Dir: Hideo Nakata
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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Genkina hito in Japan
Regular readers might know that I set up this blog to review Japanese films and track my journey to Japan. Nearly six years after starting out I have made it to Japan. I am on a working holiday and...
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Genkina hito in Akihabara
Akihabara – this is a long and rambling post so feel free to just look at the pictures. If you’re feeling brave you can listen to this music while you read: Akihabara (Electric Town as it’s also known)...
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Genkina hito at the Tokyo Game Show 2016
I arrived in Japan on September 10th and while I had a few things I knew I wanted to do such as visiting specific museums I didn’t plan things out in too much detail and forgot about certain events...
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Japan Foundation Documentary Event: Ogawa Shinsuke and Ogawa Pro: Collective...
At a time I am currently working on a documentary in Japan I get an email about a cool season of Japanese documentaries filmed by indie creatives. The Japan Foundation and Institute of Contemporary...
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Metrograph in New York to Screen Takeshi Kitano Movies throughout November
People in New York have a nice winter treat since Metrograph will play host to a series of movies by the genius that is Takeshi Kitano. This event will see most of his major works screened on 35mm...
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Avant-garde Musician Koichi Makigami Talk and Performance in London December...
It’s a grey day today and snowing in Tokyo. I have to go out into the cold to get more clothes fit for winter. It makes me think of home back in the UK which is also cold as winter gets a grip over...
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Japanese Films at the London International Animation Festival 2016
The London International Animation Festival is due to launch at the end of the week and it lasts ten days (December 02nd to December 11th). There are over 200 films getting screened and many of them...
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At the Terrace (2016) テラスにて Dir: Kenji Yamauchi
I have been a bit quiet lately because I have embarked on a new project on another website (more on that) and I have moved to another city in Japan for a couple of weeks. I have also been hanging out...
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Genkina hito’s Christmas in Japan
Hello dear readers. MERRY CHRISTMAS I have been very slack writing posts for the blog because I have been working on various project and exploring Tokyo. I finally made it to Japan. Some days I become...
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Genkina hito Says Goodbye to 2016 and Hello to 2017 – New Year’s Resolutions
Welcome to my last post of 2016. I am writing this in Japan. It has been one of my long-term goals to get to Japan. It has, in fact, been a dream since childhood. It hasn’t been an obsession but it has...
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Japan Foundation Free Talk – Anisong The Musical World of Anime on January 18th
Following on from last month’s Japanese avant-garde music talk with Koichi Makigami, The Japan Foundation in London has lined up another great free talk involving music and Japan only this time it’s...
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Japan Foundation Film Talk – The Legacy of Composer Toru Takemitsu on January...
Toru Takemitsu was a self-taught musician and composer who contributed the scores to many highly-regarded, even classic, films from the 1960s and beyond. More than ninety films received his work such...
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The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2017 Line-Up
The good folks at The Japan Foundation announced the titles that will be screened across the UK in their Touring Film Programme for 2017 and it’s an eclectic bunch of films connected by the theme of...
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