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Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops アイスと雨音 Dir: Daigo Matsui (2018) [We Are...
Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops アイスと雨音 「Aisu to Amaoto」 Running Time: 74 mins. Release Date: 2018 Director: Daigo Matsui Writer: Daigo Matsui (Screenplay), Starring: Kokoro Morita, Taketo...
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book-paper-scissors つつんで、ひらいて Director: Nanako Hirose (2019) [Nippon...
book-paper-scissors つつんで、ひらいて 「Tsutsunde, Hiraite」 Release Date: 2019 Duration: 94 mins. Director: Nanako Hirose Writer: N/A Starring: Nobuyoshi Kikuchi, Isao Mitobe, Yoshikichi Furui, Hiromi Jonbo,...
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An Ant Strikes Back アリ地獄天国 Dir: Tokachi Tsuchiya (2019) [Nippon Connection 2020]
An Ant Strikes Back アリ地獄天国 「Ari Jigoku Tengoku」 Release Date: June 06th, 2019 (USA) Duration: 98 mins. Director: Tokachi Tsuchiya Writer: Motoharu Iida, Tokachi Tsuchiya (Script) Starring:Yu Nishimura,...
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Nagi no Umi, Grim Reaper Case Book – Puppet Night Song -, Suitable For You,...
Happy weekend! We made it through to another one! I went to work at the start of the week then continued watching and writing about films like a preview of the documentaries at Nippon Connection 2020....
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Shell and Joint Dir: Isamu Hirabayashi (2019) [Nippon Connection 2020]
Shell and Joint Release Date: 2019 Duration: 154 mins. Director: Isamu Hirabayashi Writer: Isamu Hirabayashi (Script) Starring: Mariko Tsutsui, Keisuke Horibe, Kanako Higashi, Aiko Sato, Hiromi...
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Flowers and Rain 花と雨 Dir: Takafumi Tsuchiya (2019) [Nippon Connection 2020]
Flowers and Rain 花と雨 「Hana to Ame」 Release Date: January 17th, 2020 Duration: 114 mins. Director: Takafumi Tsuchiya Writer: Takafumi Tsuchiya, Takahiro Horieta (Screenplay), Takafumi Tsuchiya, SEEDA...
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East of Jefferson ジェファソンの東 Dir: Koji Fukada (2018) [We Are One Global Film...
East of Jefferson ジェファソンの東 「Jefason no Higashi」 Release Date: June 16th, 2018 Running Time: 18 mins. Director: Koji Fukada Writer: Koji Fukada (Screenplay) Starring: Yuri Ogino, Tatsuya Kawamura,...
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Japanese Films at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2020
The Udine Far East Film Festival takes place at the end of the month and, just like Nippon Connection, it is totally digital and people around the world will be able to view some of the films that have...
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Hero 2020, His Bad Blood, Gone Wednesday Japanese Film Trailers
Happy weekend, people! I hope you are all feeling fine! After a busy couple of weeks with Nippon Connection 2020, I took it nice and slow with writing. I posted reviews for Shell and Joint, Flowers and...
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Coming Back Sunny おかえり、カー子 Dir: Noriko Yuasa (2019)
Coming Back Sunny おかえり、カー子「Okaeri Ka-ko」 Release Date: August 24th, 2019 Duration: 15 mins. Director: Noriko Yuasa, Writer: Takato Nishi (Script), Starring: Riria Kojima, Honoka Yoneyama, Genki...
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Interview with “Coming Back Sunny” Director Noriko Yuasa
Noriko Yuasa is a director who hails from Okayama, Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan University with a BA in Architecture before she entered Kinoshita Production, in 1999, to train as a TV...
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Female Animators Featured in Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2020 Free...
July 25, 2020 Free Online Screening On July 25, at 11am & 6pm (UK time), a special edition of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival will be held in honour of its 10th anniversary on YouTube. The...
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Woman of the Photographs 写真の女 Dir: Takeshi Kushida (2020) [Osaka Asian Film...
Woman of the Photographs 写真の女「Shashin no Onna」 Release Date: June 27th, 2020 Duration: 89 mins. Director: Takeshi Kushida Writer: Takeshi Kushida (Script), Starring: Hideki Nagai, Itsuki Otaki,...
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Interview with Woman of the Photographs Director Kushida Takeshi at the Osaka...
Takeshi Kushida’s feature debut Woman of the Photographs garnered great word of mouth at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020. Taken with Daisuke Miyazaki’s Videophobia, it was one of two films at the...
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The Modern Lovers, Aoi no zarazara Japanese Film Trailers
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all well! I started this week with a review of Coming Back Sunny and an interview with its director, Noriko Yuasa. I then posted about the festival I write for,...
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Videophobia Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
Videophobia Release Date: August, 2019 (Japan) Duration: 88 mins. Director: Daisuke Miyazaki Writer: Daisuke Miyazaki, Naoto Akiyama (Script), Starring: Tomona Hirota, Shugo Oshinari, Sumire Ashina,...
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Interview with VIDEOPHOBIA Director Daisuke Miyazaki [Osaka Asian Film...
One of the highlights of the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020 was VIDEOPHOBIA, the latest work of Daisuke Miyazaki. A frequent visitor to Osaka, many of his works are youth-focused, with Yamato...
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Reiko and the Dolphin れいこいるか Director: Shinji Imaoka (2019) [Osaka Asian Film...
Reiko and the Dolphin れいこいるか「Reiko iruka」 Release Date: August 08th, 2020 Duration: 92 mins. Director: Shinji Imaoka Writer: Shinji Imaoka (Script), Starring: Aki Takeda, Hidetoshi Kawaya, OAFF...
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Mother, I Never Shot Anyone, Birdsong, Dance! Dance! Dance!, Kuso mitaina...
Happy weekend, everyone. Another weekend down! I am busy, busy, busy. I posted more of my OAFF 2020 coverage, a review for Videophobia and an interview with its director Daisuke Miyazaki and a review...
View ArticleHammock Dir: Kentaro Kishi (2018) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
Hammock Release Date: 2018 Duration: 30 mins. Director: Kentaro Kishi Writer: Kentaro Kishi (Script), Starring: Kanae Kishi, Naoko Ema, Kaworu Kishi, Philippe Aymard, Hugo Minaki, OAFF Website Kentaro...
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