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Tag リアル鬼ごっこ Dir: Sion Sono (2015)
Tag Tag Film Poster リアル鬼ごっこ 「Riaru Onigokko」 Release Date: July 11th, 2015 Duration: 85 mins. Director: Sion Sono Writer: Sion Sono (Screenplay), Yusuke Yamada (Original Novel) Starring: Reina...
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The Virgin Psychics 映画みんな！エスパーだよ Dir: Sion Sono (2015)
The Virgin Psychics 映画みんな！エスパーだよ「Eiga Minna! Esupa- Dayo!」 Release Date: September 04th, 2015 Duration: 114 mins. Director: Sion Sono, Writer: Sion Sono, Shinichi Tanaka (Screenplay), Kiminori...
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Talking the Pictures, Yokai Watch Jam the Movie: Yokai Academy Y – Can a Cat...
Happy weekend, everyone. We are closer to Christmas. This week I reviewed two Sion Sono movies, Tag and Virgin Psychics, both from 2016 and while the former is more meaningful than the latter, both are...
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The Forest of Love 愛なき森で叫べ Dir: Sion Sono (2019)
The Forest of Love 愛なき森で叫べ 「Ai naki mori de sakebe」 Release Date: October 11th, 2019 Duration: 151 mins. Director: Sion Sono Writer: Sion Sono (Script) Starring: Kippei Shiina (Joe Murata),...
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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2020 Preview – Joy and Despair in...
The Japan Foundation announced the details of their Touring Film Programme for 2020. The tour lasts from January 31st to March 29th and the theme that connects them all is “love”. The films look at...
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Last War of Heavenloids and Akutoloids, In This Corner (and Other Corners) of...
Happy weekend, everyone! Just a few days more until Christmas. I’ve been helping my mother with Christmas preparations and buying presents whilst also watching lots of Japanese indie films. I saw one...
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The Third Murder 三度目の殺人 Dir: Hirokazu Koreeda (2017)
The Third Murder 三度目の殺人 「Sandome no Satsujin」 Release Date: September 09th, 2017 Duration: 124 mins. Director: Hirokazu Koreeda Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda (Screenplay), Starring: Masaharu Fukuyama,...
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Shoplifters 万引き家族 Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2018)
Shoplifters 万引き家族 「Manbiki Kazoku」 Release Date: June 08th, 2018 Duration: 121 mins. Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda (Screenplay), Starring: Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin...
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Tora-san, Wish You Were Here, Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion: Mirai Kara...
Happy Weekend and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year I hope you are well. Welcome to the last trailer post of 2019! This week was spent Christmasing with my mother and sister which involved getting a...
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Genkina hito’s Top Ten Films of 2019 and He Says Goodbye to a Tumultuous Year
Welcome to my penultimate post of 2019 This is a melange of things including my New Year’s Resolution and my top ten films of 2019 rolled into one. We’re about to start a new decade and I think we all...
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Genkina hito’s Top 25 Films of the Decade
My WordPress blog birthday was December 20th and it has been a decade since I first started writing reviews and news articles here about what interests me. It started with book reviews like World War...
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Sayonara TV, Kappa 2 But we have to rest, Cinema Kabuki Letters to the...
Welcome to the first trailer post of 2020 and the new decade! I hope you are well. My New Year’s Day was spent watching films and writing about them and eating some good home-cooked food made by my...
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Genkina hito’s Top Ten Films to Get in 2020
I have been writing about films here for a decade and ever since I started writing badly translated synopses to highlight interesting films, I have had a list in my mind of titles that I want to watch....
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Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
From January 22nd to February 02nd 2020, the Rotterdam International Film Festival will screen a diverse mix of films from old masters and new talents and the Japanese contingent epitomises this with...
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Stare, Kaiji: The Final Game, On-Gaku: Our Sound, King of Prism All Stars:...
Happy Weekend, people! I hope you are all well. This is the second weekend of the decade and we’re all still here. I have been playing Resident Evil 2: Remake, a Christmas present from my mother and...
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Erica 38 エリカ38 Dir: Yuichi Hibi (2019)
Erica 38 エリカ38 「Erika 38」 Release Date: June 07th, 2019 Duration: 103 mins. Director: Yuichi Hibi Writer: Yuichi Hibi (Screenplay), Starring: Miyoko Asada, Miu Suzuki, Kirin Kiki, Nahana, Juri...
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Distance ディスタンス Dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda (2001)
Distance ディスタンス 「Disutansu」 Release Date: May 26th, 2001 Duration: 132 mins. Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda Writer: Hirokazu Kore-eda (Script) Starring: Yui Natsukawa, Yusuke Iseya, Arata, Susumu...
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Higanbana in the Rain, The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time, Tokyo Paralympics:...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. This week, I’ve been diligently writing reviews and prepping them as well as getting ready for a Japanese film festival. I posted my reviews for Erica...
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My Dad and Mr. Ito お父さんと伊藤さん Dir: Yuki Tanada (2016)
My Dad and Mr. Ito お父さんと伊藤さん 「Otoo-san to Itoo-san」 Release Date: October 08th, 2016 Duration: 119 mins Director: Yuki Tanada Writer: Hinako Nakazawa (Screenplay/Original Novel), Starring: Juri Ueno,...
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The Graceful Brute しとやかな獣 Dir: Yuzo Kawashima (1962)
The Graceful Brute しとやかな獣 「Shitoyakana kedamono 」 Release Date: December 26th, 1962 Duration: 96 mins. Director: Yuzo Kawashima Writer: Kaneto Shindo (Screenplay), Starring: Ayako Wakao, Yunosuke...
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