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Demolition Girl JK エレジー Dir: Genta Matsugami (2018) Osaka Asian Film Festival...
Demolition Girl JK エレジー 「JK Ereji-」 Release Date: 2019 Duration: 88 mins. Director: Genta Matsugami Writer: Yoshitaka Kasui, Genta Matsugami (Screenplay), Starring: Aya Kitai, Hiroki Ino, Yota Kawase,...
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Interview with Genta Matsugami, Director of “Demolition Girl” at the Osaka...
Born in Hiroshima in 1981, Genta Matsugami is a film director who operates the creative production-house16 bit.inc. He graduated from Osaka University of Arts in 2005 and his graduation work won a...
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The Journalist, Bento Harassment, Sea of Revival, Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all well! Welcome to another weekend of badly translated trailers. I’m at the end of another 12-day work period so this weekend is going to be savoured. My spare...
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“Dreaming Korea Animation” – A Day of Korean and Japanese Animation...
It’s not often that Korean animation gets screened so the “Dreaming Korea Animation” animation event is a special one and it takes place really close to Ikebukuro Station! “Dreaming Korea Animation” is...
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Japanese Films at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2019 (July 12th –...
The Fantasia International Film Festival starts in Montreal next week on July 11th and runs until August 01st. As with last year, the selection of Japanese films is great with titles with many titles...
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Japan Foundation’s Free Film Screenings: “Summer Explorers!” 2019
The Japan Foundation and British Library are working together to put on a series of free film screenings for Japan Foundation’s annual Summer Explorers season in London. I posted about the fantastic...
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Itsu no ma ni ka, koko ni iru Documentary of Nogizaka 46, Gekijouban Free!...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. I am writing that at 2:20 on Saturday morning because I have woken up super-early. I think it was drinking at a friend’s leaving party. I have...
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jam Dir: Sabu (2018) [New York Asian Film Festival 2019]
jam Release Date: December 01st, 2018 Duration: 102 mins. Director: SABU Writer: SABU (Screenplay), Starring: Sho Aoyagi, Keita Machida, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Shintaro Akiyama, Mariko Tsutsui, Yuta...
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5 Million Dollar Life 五億円のじんせい Dir: Moon Sung-Ho [New York Asian Film...
5 Million Dollar Life 五億円のじんせい 「Gooku Yen no Jinsei」 Release Date: July 20th, 2019 Duration: 112 mins. Director: Moon Sung-Ho Writer: Naomi Hiruta (Screenplay), Starring: Ayumu Mochizuki, Anna...
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Tourism, Tokyo Higata, Crab Planet, Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution, Karappo...
Happy weekend, people! I hope we are all good! I have reached the end of another 12-day work run and I’m finally catching up on my rest. In that time, I am watching Japanese films! My review for Lying...
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What A Wonderful World, Banzai! Here is Lover Road and Other Tanabe Benkei...
Over the past month, a number of indie films have been played at Theatre Shinjuku. I have placed them in various trailer posts and have now rounded them up into this one because they all look...
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Hard-core ハード・コア Dir: Nobuhiro Yamashita (2018) [New York Asian Film Festival...
Hard-core ハード・コア 「Ha-do Koa」 Release Date: November 23rd, 2018 Duration: 124 mins. Director: Nobuhiro Yamashita Writer: Kosuke Mukai (Screenplay), Marley Carib Takashi Imashiro (Original Manga),...
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Last Judgement / Saigo no Shinpan 最後の審判 Dir: Shinya Kawakami [Osaka Asian...
Last Judgement / Saigo no Shinpan 最後の審判 「Saigo no Shinpan」 Release Date: March 02nd, 2019 Duration: 29 mins. Director: Shinya Kawakami Writer: Shinya Kawakami (Screenplay) Starring: Ren Sudo, Miru...
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Weathering With You, Tokyo Ghoul ‘S’, 5 Million Dollar Life, Walking Meat,...
Welcome to the weekend. I hope you are all well. I want to start this trailer post by offering my condolences to the people at Kyoto Animation studio for the terrible tragedy they suffered with the...
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Japanese Films at the Locarno Film Festival 2019 (07th-17th August)
The Locarno Film Festival runs from August 07th to the 17th and they have announced their selection of films. There are two Japanese films in the mix. Here they are! To the Ends of the Earth...
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The Kamagasaki Cauldron War 月夜釜合戦 Dir: Leo Sato (2018) [Japan Cuts 2019]
The Kamagasaki Cauldron War 月夜釜合戦 「Tsukiyo kama gassen」 Release Date: March 09th, 2019 Duration: 115 mins. Director: Leo Sato Writer: Leo Sato (Screenplay), Starring: Naomichi Ota, Yota Kawase,...
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The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan 泣き虫しょったんの奇跡 Dir: Toshiaki Toyoda (2018)...
The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan 泣き虫しょったんの奇跡 「Nakimushi Shottan no Kiseki」 Release Date: September 07th, 2018 Duration: 127 mins. Director: Toshiaki Toyoda Writer: Ayako Kato (Screenplay), Shoji...
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Paradise Next, Beach Memory, Kisu wa inochigake!, Yakusoku no Jikan, A Girl...
Welcome to the weekend, everyone. I hope everyone is safe and well. We’ll start the post with some sad news: Dutch actor Rutger Hauer has died. I came to know of his work through his roles in Blade...
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Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram Interview [Osaka Asian Film...
If you travel to Kyoto then it is recommended you try travelling from scenic Arashiyama to the bustling city centre by the Randen trams. They cut through many areas and they prove to be the perfect...
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Naomi Kawase in London in September for: Naomi Kawase: In Focus – Open City...
Naomi Kawase¹ (website) is in London in September for the Open City Documentary Festival 2019 where she will take part in three screenings and will introduce a selection of her works and take part in...
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