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The Night I Swam, A Seaside Weekly Tabloid, Seinaru Mono, Stray Dogz 8,...
Happy Weekend, People! I’m at the end of day six of a twelve day work week and I’m feeling okay but there is a lot of content I need to publish as well as working on things for my regular job. This...
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Third Window Films Release “Whispering Star / The Sion Sono” on April 16th on...
Regular readers of this blog will know that Sion Sono is a favourite director of mine so it is with some joy that I can report that Third Window Films are helping film fans get closer to one of the...
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Spring Explorers: Japan Foundation Shows Four Free Films in London
Spring is all about new beginnings and the Japan Foundation has programmed four films for its Spring Explorers screenings. They stretch from 1954 to 2013 and feature characters forced to enter new...
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The Whispering Star ひそひそ星 Dir: Sion Sono (2016)
The Whispering Star The Whispering Star Film Poster ひそひそ星「Hiso Hiso Boshi」 Running Time: 101 mins. Release Date: May 24th, 2016 Director: Sion Sono Writer: Sion Sono (Screenplay) Starring: Megumi...
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Inuyashiki, Until the Day You Gain Freedom, Yassadaru Man, Liz to Aoitori....
Happy weekend, people! This week I posted a review for the release of The Whispering Star (2016) as well as info on its UK release thanks to Third Window Films, updated my post about Japanese films at...
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The Sion Sono 園子温という生きもの Dir: Arata Oshima (2016)
Jonetsu tairiku Presents Sono Shion to iu ikimono Sono Shion to iu ikmono Film Poster 園子温という生きもの 「Sono Shion to iu ikmono」 Running Time: 97 mins. Release Date: May 14th, 2016 Director: Arata...
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Japanese Films at the East Winds Film Festival 2018
The 2018 East Winds Film Festival is about to launch and it has a great line-up of films from around Asia. There are three Japanese titles to select from and they are all European premieres! Here are...
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Japanese Films at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2018
The Annecy International Animation Film Festival is back from June 11th to the 16th and it’s packed with anime feature films, TV anime, and conferences. The Japanese presence is heavy this year and...
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Anime Weekender at the BFI Southbank in London in May
The BFI Southbank in London is running another “Anime Weekender” event in May with three days featuring some of the most recent anime releases. The tickets for the Weekender are on sale so just scroll...
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Oh Lucy!, My Little Monster, Marmalade Boy, Honto ni atta! Noroi no bideo...
HAPPY WEEKEND, PEOPLE! I hope everyone is having a great week! I’ve been putting out more articles than ever before. Not just here but over on other sites. That doesn’t even include all of the stuff I...
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Antiporno アンチポルノ Dir: Sion Sono (2016)
Antiporno アンチポルノ 「Anchiporuno」 Running Time: 78 mins Release Date: January 28th, 2017 Director: Sion Sono Writer: Sion Sono (Screenplay), Starring: Ami Tomite, Mariko Tsutsui, Asami, Fujiko, Ami...
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2018 Round-Up
It’s the month of May! I hope everybody is feeling top of the line! After the chaos of April which turned out to be a bit of a Sion Sono month, I’m reaching back into March and my film work in Japan....
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Ordinary Everyday 優しい日常 Dir: Noriko Yuasa (2017) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2018
Ordinary Everyday 優しい日常 「Yasashii Nichijou」 Running Time: 27 mins. Release Date: October 14th, 2017 Director: Noriko Yuasa Writer: Noriko Yuasa, Rie Mashiko (Screenplay), Starring: Shinnosuke Abe,...
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Laplace’s Witch, D5 5 Detectives, Kokoro ni yorisou, Kamen Rider Amazons...
Happy weekend, people! I hope everyone is feeling fine. This week has been one of clearing the decks in order to get going with research and studying for my day job so I got through my last Sono film...
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Night Working 夜間勤務 Dir: Kim Jung-eun (2017) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2018
Night Working 夜間勤務 「Yakan kinmu 」 Running Time: 27 mins. Director: Kim Jung-eun Writer: Kim Jung-eun (Screenplay), Starring: Sreng Vuchny, Kim Yae-eun, Gil Hae-yeon, The Osaka Asian Film Festival is a...
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Filled with Steam 湯気満ちて Dir: Rina Tanaka (2017) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2018
Filled with Steam 湯気満ちて 「Yuge michite 」 Running Time: 30 mins. Release Date: 2017 Director: Rina Tanaka Writer: Ryota Kato (Screenplay), Starring: Ayako Mizuno, Takehito Sato, Yoko Kakegawa, Shigeru...
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The Blood of Wolves, Sweating the Small Stuff, Summer Blooms, Garden in...
Happy weekend! I hope everyone is well! I’m in work but I have an art talk at an embassy to attend in London on Monday which is my next day off. I’m putting the finishing touches to a review and...
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KUSHINA, what will you be クシナ Dir: Moët Hayami (2018) Osaka Asian Film...
KUSHINA, what will you be クシナ 「Kushina」 Running Time: 68 mins. Release Date: 2018 Director: Moët Hayami Writer: Moët Hayami (Screenplay), Starring: Miyuki Ono, Tomona Hirota, Yayoi Inamoto, Ikumi...
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Japanese Films at the Cannes Film Festival Review Round-Up: Hirokazu...
There is a small selection of Japanese films at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 with two in the Competition section. The biggest name is Hirokazu Kore-eda who has appeared at Cannes six times in the...
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Japanese Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2018 Review Round-Up: Ryusuke...
Making his Cannes debut is Ryosuke Hamaguchi who came to the world’s attenton with his five hour film Happy Hour (2015) which took a top prize at the Locarno Film Festival. Here, he adapts Asako I...
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