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Vampire Clay 血を吸う粘土 Dir: Soichi Umezawa (2017)
Vampire Clay 血を吸う粘土 「Chi wo su nendo」 Running Time: 81 mins. Release Date: August 19th, 2017 Director: Soichi Umezawa Writer: Soichi Umezawa (Screenplay), Starring: Asuka Kurosawa, Kanji Tsuda, Ena...
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RE:BORN リボーン Dir: Yuji Shimomura (2017)
Re: Born RE:BORN リボーン 「RE:BORN Ribo-n」 Running Time: 115 mins. Director: Yuji Shimomura Writer: Benio Saeki (Screenplay), Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Orson Mochizuki, Yura Kondo, Issei Ishida, Mariko...
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Lovers on Borders, Nunuko no Hijirisen HARAJUKU STORY, Asia Three-Fold Mirror...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all doing fine! Life has been a bit of a trudge recently. I’m in the middle of a 12-day work week with early starts in the morning. I’ve just started doing film...
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Third Window Films Release “DANGAN RUNNER” on November 12th on DUAL FORMAT...
Third Window Films are back again with the release of a 90s classic Dangan Runner by the director SABU (Mr. Long, Happiness, Miss Zombie). It is his directorial debut and is the world’s first Blu-ray...
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Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity – Free Japan...
The Japan Foundation have set up a series of free events celebrating the publication of the book Tanaka Kinuyo: Nation, Stardom and Female Subjectivity. There will be a film screening as well as a...
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The House Where The Mermaid Sleeps, The Suzuki’s Family Lie, No Matter How...
Happy weekend, people! I hope everyone is feeling great! I have instituted a new sort of learning and writing regime whereby all of the film stuff is done at the start of the week and the end of the...
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Japanese Animation at the London International Animation Festival 2018
The 15th London International Animation Festival (LIAF 18) returns to the Barbican for a run between November 30th and December 09th. There will be ten days of talks, forums, workshops and over 200...
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Vision ビジョン Dir: Naomi Kawase (2018)
Vision ビジョン 「Bijon」 Running Time: 110 mins. Release Date: June 08th, 2018 Director: Naomi Kawase Writer: Naomi Kawase (Screenplay), Starring: Juliette Binoche, Masatoshi Nagase, Min Tanaka, Mari...
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Hardcore, Gangoose, Lady in White, NEET NEET NEET, THE COLLECTORS Saraba...
Happy weekend, people! I hope everyone is feeling awesome! This week I posted about the 2018 edition of the London International Animation Festival with the many wonderful animated films from Japan. I...
View ArticleLooking for my lost sunflowers あの、ヒマワリを探しに Dir: Noriko Yuasa (2014)
Looking for my lost sunflowers あの、ヒマワリを探しに 「Ano, himawari wo sagashi ni」 Running Time: 25 mins. Release Date: June 2014 Director: Noriko Yuasa Writer: Noriko Yuasa, Kotaro Ishido (Screenplay),...
View ArticleGirl, Wavering 空っぽの渦 Dir: Noriko Yuasa (2015)
Girl, Wavering 空っぽの渦 「Karappo no uzu」 Running Time: 20 mins. Release Date: May 2015 Director: Noriko Yuasa, Writer: Noriko Yuasa, Takato Nishi (Screenplay), Starring: Kaho Ishido, Honoka Murakami,...
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Jam, A Crimson Star, Swaying Mariko, Shinjuku Punch, The Rice Granary of One...
Happy weekend!!! I hope you guys are all doing well! This week has been good for me. I’ve had to take charge of a VR lounge where I work and that was okay. I’m arranging a trip to see Hirokazu...
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Wasted Eggs Dir: Ryo Kawasaki (2018)
Wasted Eggs Running Time: 70 mins. Release Date: 2018 Director: Ryo Kawasaki Writer: Ryo Kawasaki (Screenplay), Starring: Mitsue Terasaka, Sora Kawai, Chieko Misaka, Chise Niitsu, Supika Yufune,...
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Snake Beneath the Flower Petals 湖底の蛇 Dir: Rina Tanaka (2016)
Snake Beneath the Flower Petals 湖底の蛇 「Kotei no ja」 Release date: 2016 Running Time: 59 mins. Director: Rina Tanaka Writers: Rina Tanaka (Screenplay) Starring: Mika Kuroiwa, Midori Kimura, Hikari...
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It Comes, Ao no Kaerimichi, Shukatsu 3, From All Corners, Koi no Hana...
Happy weekend, people! I hope everyone is feeling good. I’ve had a busy week but it has been good busy with work progressing well, getting I posted a review of Wasted Eggs (2018) on Monday, a week...
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The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On ゆきゆきて、神軍 Dir: Kazuo Hara (1987)
The Emperor’s Naked Army Marches On ゆきゆきて、神軍 「Yuki yukite, shingun」 Running Time: 122 mins. Release Date: August 01st, 1987 Director: Kazuo Hara Writer: N/A Starring: Kenzo Okuzaki, Shizumi...
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The Oyster Factory 牡蠣工場 Dir: Kazuhiro Soda (2016)
Oyster Factory Oyster Factory Film Poster 牡蠣工場 「Kaki kouba」 Release Date: February 20th, 2016 Duration: 145 mins Director: Kazuhiro Soda Starring: Shinsuke Hirano, Koichi Watanabe, Yukiko Watanabe...
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Keita Never Die, Waiting for Spring, Dragon Ball Super: Broly, Eiga Youkai...
Happy weekend, people! We made it to another one and we are half-way to Christmas (YAY!) I’ve finished another 12-day work week and I’m feeling dandy. I’ve started my Christmas shopping and card...
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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2018 Preview – People Still Call It...
The Japan Foundation have announced the details of their next Touring Film Programme and it is full of fantastic films! The tour lasts from February 02nd to March 28th and the theme that connects them...
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Third Window Films Unleash “One Cut of the Dead” into UK Cinemas and Homes
The biggest surprise hit of 2018 is a low-budget zombie movie which has become one of the biggest box-office hits in Japan. International film outfit Third Window Films are bringing this...
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