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Your Name Engraved Herein 刻在你心底的名字 Director: Liu Kuang-hui (2020) Taiwan...
Your Name Engraved Herein 刻在你心底的名字 Release Date: June 26th, 2020 Duration: 118 mins. Director: Liu Kuang-hui Writer: Chu Yu-ning (Script), Keralino Sandrovich (Original Novel) Starring: Tseng...
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KAMATA PRELUDE 蒲田前奏曲 Dirs: Ryutaro Nakagawa, Mayu Akiyama, Yuka Yasukawa,...
KAMATA PRELUDE 蒲田前奏曲 「Kamata Sensoukyoku」 Release Date: Autumn 2020 Duration: 115 mins. Directors: Ryutaro Nakagawa, Mayu Akiyama, Yuka Yasukawa, Hirobumi Watanabe Writers: Ryutaro Nakagawa, Mayu...
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Miss Andy 迷失安狄 Dir: Teddy Chin (Malaysia-Taiwan, 2019) [Osaka Asian Film...
Miss Andy 迷失安狄 Release Date: 2020 Duration: 108 mins. Director: Teddy Chin Writer: Ryan Tu (Script), Starring: Lee Lee-zen, Ruby Lin, Jack Tan, Keshap Suria, Tou Kyzer, OAFF Wikipedia The human heart...
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Way Back Home 비밀의 정원 Dir: Park Sun-joo (2019) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
Way Back Home 비밀의 정원 「Bimilui jeongwon」 Release Date: October 05th, 2019 Duration: 113 mins. Director: Park Sun-joo Writer: Park Sun-joo (Script), Starring: Han Woo-yun, Jun Suk-ho, Jung Da-eun, Oh...
View ArticleThe Murders of Oiso ある殺人、落葉のころに Dir: Takuya Misawa (2019) [Osaka Asian Film...
The Murders of Oiso ある殺人、落葉のころに 「Aru satsujin, rakuyo no koro ni」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 79 mins. Director: Takuya Misawa Writer: Takuya Misawa (Screenplay) Starring: Koji Moriya, Haya Nakazaki,...
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Interview with The Murders of Oiso Director Misawa Takuya [OAFF 2020]
Takuya Misawa hails from Kanagawa and is a graduate from the Japan Institute of the Moving Image. He worked on various film productions as crew including as assistant director to Koji Fukada on Au...
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Akira, Keanin: Kokoro ni Saku Hana, Suzushii Kokage Japanese Film Trailers
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all well. This is my first trailer post in a month and it’s because I am back in the UK after my month-long holiday in Japan. While I was over there I worked at...
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The Girl and the Gun Director: Rae Red, Philippines, (2019) [Osaka Asian Film...
The Girl and the Gun Release Date: March 07th, 2020 Duration: 80 mins. Director: Rae Red Writer: Rae Red (Script), Starring: Janine Gutierrez, Elijah Canlas, Felix Roco, JC Santos, OAFF IMDB Rae Red...
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Yan 燕Yan Dir: Keisuke Imamura (Japan, 2019) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
Yan 燕Yan 「Tsubame Yan」 Release Date: June 05th, 2020 Duration: 86 mins. Director: Keisuke Imamura Writer: Noriko Washizu (Script), Starring: Long Mizuma, Takashi Yamanaka, Yo Hitoto, Ryushin Tei,...
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Wonderwall, A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad’s an Alcoholic, Mita Dances,...
Happy weekend, everyone! It has been a while. I hope you are all okay! Yesterday we lost the legend that is Nobuhiko Obayashi. He died at the age of 82, almost four years when he was given just four...
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Mini Theater Aid: A Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Japanese Independent...
This is a quick post just to promote a crowdfunding event to support independent cinemas across Japan during the Coronavirus epidemic. It’s called Mini Theater Aid and it launched earlier today and...
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“Coming Back Sunny”– A Kickstarter Project by Noriko Yuasa
Super-talented director Noriko Yuasa has a project on Kickstarter for an independent film she has worked on called Coming Back Sunny. The film is a love story about a colour-blind schoolgirl named...
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Independent Living, Toki no Kouro, Kizoku Korin: Prince of Legend, Extro,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope everyone is staying safe during these troubled times. I went back to work this week, the first time since February. I’ve been on something of an extended holiday, first...
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Interview with “Yan” Director Keisuke Imamura at the Osaka Asian Film...
Yan is the feature debut by Keisuke Imamura, a cinematographer who began his career by teaching himself to shoot independent films while studying at Nihon University’s Department of Fine Arts. After...
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“Make-Believers” (Dir: Kenjo McCurtain) – A Romantic Musical Set in Tokyo –...
When I backed director Noriko Yuasa’s Kickstarter for funding the festival run of Coming Back Sunny, I was directed to another Japanese film seeking funding. This one is a romantic musical called...
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Mishima: The Last Debate, Momi’s House, I Have Loved you for 30 Years, Yayoi,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all feeling good and staying safe. I’ve done a heck of a lot of procrastinating between writing reviews and not much in terms of film viewing outside of 70s and...
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For Rei レイのために Dir: Yukari Sakamoto (2019) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
For Rei レイのために「Rei no Tame ni」 Release Date: June 27th, 2020 Duration: 65 mins. Director: Yukari Sakamoto Writer: Yukari Sakamoto (Script), Starring: An Ogawa, Amon Hirai, Seiji Kinoshita, Ryo...
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Interview with “For Rei” Director Yukari Sakamoto [Osaka Asian Film Festival...
Yukari Sakamoto is an indie director who started making films while she was studying Philosophy at Sophia University. Her film Obake was part of MOOSIC LAB2014 and won the Best Actress and Musician...
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One Cut of the Dead! Remote Operation!, Seishin 0, Psycho-Pass 3: First...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all still safe and well. I went to work again this week and watched a whole lot of films like Twelve Monkeys, Blood on Satan’s Claw, Scream (1981), Wonder Boys....
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Good-bye グッドバイ Dir: Aya Miyazaki (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
Good-bye グッドバイ「Guddo Bai」 Release Date: June 27th, 2020 Duration: 66 mins. Director: Aya Miyazaki Writer: Aya Miyazaki (Script), Starring: Mayuko Fukuda, Asako Kobayashi, Kohei Ikeue, Hiroe Igeta,...
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