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Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2017
On the day the Toronto International Film Festival launches, we get word from another great Canadian film festival! The Vancouver International Film Festival takes place from September 28th to October...
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Third Window Films Release Shinya Tsukamoto’s “Fires on the Plain 野火” (2014)...
Third Window Films will add Shinya Tsukamoto’s last film, Fires on the Plain to their catalogue of titles further making their releases the definitive editions! Fires on the Plain is an astonishing war...
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“Nowhere Man” (1991) will be screened at the Japanese Embassy on September 27th
The Japanese Embassy in London is continuing to screen Japanese films from the ‘90s and this one sounds absurd because it involves a guy who sells rocks. It’s based on a manga of the same name. The...
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“Audition” an Arrow Video Club presentation on September 19th at the Prince...
I have already retweeted this but I wanted to write a quick post about an Arrow Video Club presentation of Takashi Miike’s classic horror film Audition which will be screened at the Prince Charles...
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Japanese Girls Never Die 「アズミ・ハルコは行方不」Dir: Daigo Matsui 2016
Japanese Girls Never Die japanese-girls-never-die-film-poster アズミ・ハルコは行方不 「Azumi Haruko wa yukue fumei」 Running Time: 100 mins. Director: Daigo Matsui Writer: Mariko Yamauchi (Original Novel),...
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Sion Sono’s “Tag” will be screened at Nottingham’s Mayhem Film Festival on...
Eureka have scored a coup by getting Tag as part of their catalogue following on from Tokyo Tribe. The release will be on dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on November 20th 2017 after getting...
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Third Window Films Release Takeshi Kitano’s “Getting Any?” on October 16th
Third Window Films continue to release the newly restored films of Takeshi Kitano on sparkly blu-ray in the UK with Getting Any? on October 16th. I remember watching this film for the first time around...
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Zigeunerweisen ツィゴイネルワイゼン (1980) Director: Seijun Suzuki
Zigeunerweisen ツィゴイネルワイゼン 「Tsuigoineruwaizen」 Running Time: 145 mins Director: Seijun Suzuki Writer: Yozo Tanaka (Screenplay), Hyakken Uchida (Original Novel) Starring: Yoshio Harada, Naoko Otani,...
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Japanese Films at the London Film Festival 2017: Naoko Ogigami in Conversation
The London Film Festival is just around the corner and I’ve already got a post about that detailing things such as screenings and A Conversation with Takashi Miike. Here’s something really interesting...
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Double Life 「二重生活」 Dir: Yoshiyuki Kishi 2016
Double Life 二重生活 「Niju seikatsu」 Running Time: 83 mins Director: Yoshiyuki Kishi Writer: Yoshiyuki Kishi (Screenplay), Mariko Koike (Original Novel) Starring: Mugi Kadowaki, Hiroki Hasegawa, Masaki...
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Japanese Films at the London East Asian Film Festival 2017
The 2017 edition of the London East Asia Film Festival takes place from October 19th to the 29th. This is the second year of the festival and it features a great selection of films from Hong Kong,...
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The Night is Short, Walk on Girl 夜は短し歩けよ乙女 2017 Director: Masaaki Yuasa
The Night is Short, Walk on Girl 夜は短し歩けよ乙女 「Yoru wa Mijikashi Aruke yo Otome」 Release date: April 07th, 2017 Running Time: 93 mins. Director: Masaaki Yuasa Writer: Masaaki Yuasa, Reiko Yoshida...
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Mind Game マインド・ゲーム (2004) Dir: Masaaki Yuasa
Mind Game マインド・ゲーム 「Maindo Ge-mu」 Release Date: August 07th, 2004 Running Time: 104 mins. Director: Masaaki Yuasa Writer: Masaaki Yuasa (Screenplay), Robin Nishi (Original Manga), Animation...
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2017 Programme Housen Film Round-Up
I’m writing this the night before I age another year… Back, way back, way way back in the past, when 2014 was about to turn into 2015, I made many New Year’s resolutions. I actually hit every one of my...
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Sweetest Truth スイーテスト・トゥルース (2016) Dir: Evdoxia Kyropoulou Osaka Asian Film...
Sweetest Truth スイーテスト・トゥルース 「Sui-tesuto Turu-su」 Running Time: 58 mins. Director: Evdoxia Kyropoulou Writer: N/A Starring: Emiko Nakai, Efstathia Tsapareli, Ryo Tsujikura, Giota Festa, Sweetest...
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Breathless Lovers 息ぎれの恋人たち Dir: Shumpei Shimizu (2017) Osaka Asian Film...
Breathless Lovers 息ぎれの恋人たち 「Ikigire no koibito-tachi」 Running Time: 20 mins. Director: Shumpei Shimizu Writer: Shumpei Shimizu (Screenplay) Starring: Kaito Yoshimura, Fusako Urabe, Daisuke Kuroda,...
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Promises 子供たち Dir: Mikihiro Endo (2015) Osaka Asian Film Festival Housen...
Promises 子供たち 「Kodomotachi」 Running Time: 85 mins. Director: Mikihiro Endo Writer: N/A Starring: Shugo Oshinari, Tatsuki Ishikawa, Promises, one of three films from graduates of the film course at...
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Bright Night レンコーンの夜 Dir: Yasumasa Konno (2016) Osaka Asian Film Festival...
Bright Night レンコーンの夜 「Renko-n no yoru」 Running Time: 43 mins. Director: Yasumasa Konno Writer: N/A Starring: Yuji Komatsu, Toru Kizu, Hidetoshi Kawaya, Akana Ikeda, Suguru Onuma, Atsushi...
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Cooperation and Community [績（う）みの村] (2015) Dir: Keishiro Ikeda Osaka Asian...
Cooperation and Community 績（う）みの村 「Isao (u) minomura」 Running Time: 51 mins. Director: Keishiro Ikeda Writer: N/A Starring: N/A One of the more interesting trends in documentaries made in Japan...
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Tears and Laughter: Women in Japanese Melodrama During the Golden Age of...
There will be a season of films dedicated to the female actors who dazzled as stars during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema at the BFI Southbank from October 16th to November 29th It is called, Tears...
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