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Wild Tour ワイルドツアー Dir: Sho Miyake (2018)
Wild Tour ワイルドツアー「Wairudo Tsua-」 Running Time: 67 mins. Release Date: Summer 2018 Director: Sho Miyake Writer: Sho Miyake (Screenplay), Starring: Honoka Ito, Ryutaro Yasumitsu, Osuke Kuribayashi,...
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The Eternity Between Seconds Dir: Alec Figuracion (2018) Osaka Asian Film...
The Eternity Between Seconds Running Time: 83 mins. Release Date: 2018 Director: Alec Figuracion Writer: Alec Figuracion (Screenplay) Starring: Yeng Constanino, TJ Trinidad, Website IMDB There is...
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Korea Independent Animation Festival 2019 in Japan
For fans of Asian animation in the English-speaking world, Korea is a bit of an unknown quantity. Despite a few brave bloggers trying to keep track of various titles that get released, actually getting...
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A Preview of of the Japanese Film Festival Ireland 2019
Ireland will get a slew of the latest cinematic delights from Japan when the Japanese Film Festival Ireland gears up for its latest run. It all starts on April 6th and last until the 20th with...
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Hana Dir: Mai Nakanishi (2018) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019
Hana Running Time: 13 mins. Release Date: 2019 Director: Mai Nakanishi Writer: Mai Nakanishi (Screenplay), Cinematography: Jun-sang Lee Starring: Jeong-bi Lee, Hee-Jin Jean, Do-Eun Kim, Website...
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Still Human 淪落人 Dir: Oliver Siu Kuen Chan Hong Kong (2018) Osaka Asian Film...
Still Human 淪落人 Running Time: 115 mins. Release Date: Summer 2018 Director: Oliver Siu Kuen Chan Writer: Oliver Siu Kuen Chan (Screenplay), Starring: Anthony Wong, Crisel Consunji, Sam Lee, Cecilia...
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The Crossing Dir: Bai Xue (China) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019
The Crossing Running Time: 99 mins. Release Date: March 15th, 2019 Director: Bai Xue Writer: Bai Xue (Screenplay), Starring: Huang Yao, Sunny Sun, Carmen Soup, Ni Hongjie, Elena Kong, Kai Chi Liu,...
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Japanese Films at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2019 (April 26th to May 4th)
The Udine Far East Film Festival 2019 runs from April 26th to May 4th and has a lot to offer audiences eager for the latest in Asian cinema. This year’s edition has a special on retrospective on...
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Just Only Love, Kingdom, Naminori Office e Yokoso, Crayon Shin-chan Movie 27:...
Happy weekend, people! This is my first trailer post since being in Japan, travelling to Himeji and other cities in Hyogo Prefecture as well as places like Nara and Kyoto, working at the Osaka Asian...
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Maggie 메기 Dir: Yi Ok-seop (2018) South Korea Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019
Maggie 메기 Running Time: 88 mins. Release Date: October 2018 Director: Yi Ok-seop Writer: Yi Ok-seop, Koo Kyo-hwan (Screenplay), Starring: Lee Ju-young, Moon So-ri, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Ju-yeong, Mun...
View Article“The Depth if Yagen” Stop-motion Horror Anime Kickstarter
I recently had a news tip about an interesting Kickstarter for a stop-motion indie horror film from Japan called “The Depth if Yagen” by animator and author Shigeru Okada, an animator and educator who...
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The Peers, Lust in a Karaoke Box, Birthday Wonderland, HOMIE KEI Chika-no...
Happy weekend, people! I hope you are all well. I think I’ve survived but I’m still on the move. It’s day 6 of my work week and I’m exhausted after running around every day at my day job. The upside is...
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Jeux de Plage 浜辺のゲーム Dir: Aimi Natsuto (2019) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019
Jeux de Plage 浜辺のゲーム 「Hamabe no Ge-mu」 Running Time: 77 mins. Release Date: May 04th, 2019 Director: Aimi Natsuto Writer: Aimi Natsuto (Screenplay), Starring: Haruna Hori, Shinsuke Kato, Juri...
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Afternoon Breezes 風たちの午後 デジタルリマスター版 Dir: Hitoshi Yazaki (1980) Osaka Asian...
Afternoon Breezes 風たちの午後 デジタルリマスター版 「Kazetachi no nengo Digitaru rimasuta-」 Running Time: 105 mins. Release Date: December 11th, 1980 Director: Hitoshi Yazaki Writer: Shunichi Nagasaki, Hitoshi...
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Jeux de Plage, Love in Parallel, Kakegurui The Movie, Rose and Tulip,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all feeling good. I have managed to get past a few big projects having completed reviews for four films appearing at CAAMFest and also having dealt with two...
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Japanese Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2019
The 72nd Cannes Film Festival will run from May 14th until the 25th and themain programme was announced a couple of weeks ago. There are around 47 premieres at the fest with familiar names like...
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Melancholic メランコリック Dir: Seiji Tanaka (2018)
Melancholic メランコリック 「Merankorikku」 Running Time: 113 mins. Release Date: N/A Director: Seiji Tanaka Writer: Seiji Tanaka (Screenplay), Starring: Yoji Minagawa, Yoshitomo Isozaki, Mebuki Yoshida,...
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Cheer Boys, Leaving the Scene, Toshimaen Haunted Park, Only the Cat Knows,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope everyone is doing great. This week was marked by periods of procrastination. I worked on a couple of interviews (the final ones from Osaka) and one for an animation...
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Slowly ゆっくり Dir: Momoko Fukuda (2019) Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019
Slowly ゆっくり 「Yukkuri」 Running Time: 25 mins. Release Date: 2019 Director: Momoko Fukuda Writer: Jumpei Inoue (Screenplay), Starring: Jyonmyon Pe, Ai Bitou, Takeshi Donguri, IMDB...
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Interview with “Slowly” Director Momoko Fukuda and Producer Jumpei Inoue...
I interviewed a number of people at the Osaka Asian Film Festival and these interviews are being published over at V-Cinema. Here was the first to go online on May 04th. Momoko Fukuda hails from...
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