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A Preview of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Film Festival 2018
Kotatsu Japanese Animation Film Festival 2018 Cardiff Aberystwyth Chapter 28th – 30th September Aberystwyth...
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Eating Women, Okko’s Inn, Café Funiculi Funicula, My Dad is a Heel Wrestler,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope everyone is feeling great. Overtime at work is going to calm down for a bit and I’ve just finished a big otome game project so I can breathe a little easier. I managed...
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Highlights of Japannual Japanese Film Festival Vienna 2018 (October 01st – 07th)
This is the year when I try and give a little boost to smaller film festivals and the Japannual Japanese Film Festival in Vienna deserves one. The Austrian-Japanese Society is trying to bring some...
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Japanese Films at the London East Asian Film Festival 2018
Film fans who love Japanese cinema are spoiled for choice over the next month as Raindance will launch today and we have the BFI London Film Festival with a smattering of Japanese titles and then we...
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Samurai’s Promise, Gekijouban Linked Horizon Live Tour “Shingeki no Kiseki”...
Happy weekend, people! I hope you are well! This trailer post is a rush job because I have been working this weekend at an anime film festival. The 2018 Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival seemed to go...
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Born Bone Born 洗骨 (2018) Dir: Toshiyuki Teruya
Born Bone Born 洗骨 「Senkotsu」 Running Time: 111 mins. Release Date: 2018 Director: Toshiyuki Teruya Writer: Toshiyuki Teruya (Screenplay), Starring: Ayame Misaki, Eiji Okuda, Michitaka Tsutsui, Yoko...
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Amiko あみこ Dir: Yoko Yamanaka (2017)
Amiko あみこ 「Amiko」 Running Time: 66 mins. Release Date: September 2018 Director: Yoko Yamanaka Writer: Yoko Yamanaka (Screenplay), Starring: Ai Sunohara, Hiroshi Oshita, Mineo Maiko, Intro and...
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Anoko no Toriko, Perfect World, You Are the Apple of My Eye, Kyoukaishi,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are well! I’ve got past the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival work, I’m between otome games, and I’m not doing as much overtime in my regular job at the minute but...
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Toward a Common Tenderness あの優しさへ Dir: Kaori Oda (2017)
Toward a Common Tenderness あの優しさへ 「Ano Yasashi-sa e」 Running Time: 63 mins. Release Date: N/A Director: Kaori Oda Writer: N/A Starring: N/A Director Kaori Oda uses her film Towards A Common Tenderness...
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Hanagatami 花筐 Dir: Nobuhiko Obayashi (2017)
Hanagatami 花筐 「Hanagatami」 Running Time: 169 mins. Release Date: December 16th, 2017 Director: Nobuhiko Obayashi Writer: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Chiho Katsura(Screenplay), Kazuo Dan (Original Novel)...
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Louder!: Can’t Hear What You’re Singin’, Wimp!, Every Day a Good Day, Dare to...
Happy Weekend, people! I hope you are all well! I’ve had a busy week of constant travelling between cities and trying to get back into reading books. I reviewed two Edmund Yeo films, River of Exploding...
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Kirin Kiki (January 15, 1943 – September 15, 2018)
It has been over a month since veteran actor Kirin Kiki passed away. Fans of Asian cinema are still mourning her passing and I’d just like to add a couple of thoughts. Kirin Kiki was born in Tokyo in...
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Still Walking 歩いても 歩いても Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2008)
Still Walking 歩いても 歩いても 「Aruitemo Aruitemo」 Running Time: 114 mins. Release Date: June 28th, 2008 Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda (Screenplay/Original Story), Starring: Kiki...
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It’s Boring Here, Pick Me Up, Hanalei Bay, Million Dollar Man, Love’s Water...
Happy weekend, people! I hope you are all well! It is time for another weekend trailer post and it has come after a somewhat productive week film-wise. I watched a couple of Japanese films from the...
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After the Storm 海よりもまだ深く Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda (2016)
After the Storm After the Storm Film Poster 海よりもまだ深く 「Umi yori mo mada fukaku」 Release Date: May 21st, 2016 Running Time: 117 mins. Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda (Original...
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Sweet Bean あん Dir: Naomi Kawase (2015)
Sweet Bean An Sweet Red Bean Paste Film Poster あん 「An」 Release Date: May 30th, 2015 Running Time: 113 mins. Director: Naomi Kawase, Writer: Naomi Kawase (Screenplay), Tetsuya Akikawa (Original Novel),...
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The Travelling Cat Chronicles, Black Dahlia, Oz Land, Bookmark, Under One...
Happy weekend! I hope everyone is well! I’ve had a decent week what with work at the day job and getting film reviews done. I also managed to finish a book my sister bought for me which is cool. To be...
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That’s It それだけ Dir: Gakuryu Ishii (2015)
That’s It Soredake That’s It Film Poster それだけ 「Sore dake」 Release Date: May 27th, 2015 Running Time: 110 mins. Director: Gakuryu Ishii Writer: Kiyotaka Inagaki (Screenplay), Starring: Shota...
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The Snow Woman 怪談雪女郎 Tokuzo Tanaka (1968)
The traditional Halloween movie review is back and there’s a continuation from last year as we look at another film incarnation of the legendary Yuki Onna, only this time it’s from an older...
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10 Years Japan, Biblia Used Bookstore Casebook, Sumaho o Otoshita dake, Run!...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are well! Interesting week at work insofar as a new exhibition has opened and I’ve had a nice time introducing art to people whilst doing my regular job. I also met...
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