Bleached Bones Avenue 白骨街道 Dir: Akio Fujimoto [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
Bleached Bones Avenue 白骨街道「Hakkotsu kaidō」 Release Date: 2020 Duration: 16 mins. Director: Akio Fujimoto Writer: N/A Starring: Pu paul pau, Lang Za Khup OAFF Screened at the Osaka Asian Film Festival...
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“Bleached Bones Avenue” Interview with Akio Fujimoto (Director) and Kentaro...
Bleached Bones Avenue is director Akio Fujimoto’s follow-up to his drama Passage of Life (2017). It is another film that looks at the shared links between Japan and Myanmar but this time, instead of a...
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A Preview of Japan Cuts 2020 (July 17th – 30th)
From July 17th – 30th, Japan Cuts will launch for its 2020 edition which is going to be an entirely online experience. There are 30 features and 12 shorts that will be shown across 14 days with...
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Kiss Him Not Me, The Gun 2020, A Tale of the Riverside, F Is For Future,...
Happy weekend, dear reader! I hope you are well! Well, I’ve managed to regain my concentration after a couple of months of it going astray and so, this...
View ArticleKontora コントラ Dir: Anshul Chauhan「Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020」
Kontora コントラ「Kontora」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 145 mins. Director: Anshul Chauhan Writer: Anshul Chauhan (Script) Starring: Wan Marui, Seira Kojima, Hidemasa Mase, Takuzo Shimizu, Taichi Yamada,...
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Interview with Kontora Director Anshul Chauhan [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2020]
My final interview at this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) was with director Anshul Chauhan. We had first met at OAFF 2018 when he participated an interview following the Japanese premiere of...
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Patlabor: The Movie (4DX Release), All About Chiaki Mayumura (Provisional),...
Welcome to the weekend… We start off with the tragic news of the passing of Haruma Miura who has died in what appears to be an act of suicide. This has been a shock that has reverberated around the...
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Sacrifice サクリファイス Dir: Taku Tsuboi (2019)
Sacrifice サクリファイス 「Sakurifaisu」 Release Date: March 06th, 2020 Duration: 76 mins. Director: Taku Tsuboi Writer: Taku Tsuboi (Screenplay) Starring: Yuzu Aoki, Michiko Gomi, Miki Handa, Kosuke Fujita,...
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It Feels So Good 火口のふたり (2019) Dir: Haruhiko Arai
It Feels So Good 火口のふたり「Kakou no Futari」 Release Date: August 23rd, 2019 Duration: 115 mins. Director: Haruhiko Arai Writer: Haruhiko Arai (Script), Kazufumi Shiraishi (Novel), Starring: Tasuku...
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The Day of Destruction, KUSHINA, what will you be, On the Edge of Their...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. Recently, I’ve been watching lots of non Japanese films with lashing of 70s, 80s and 90s horror movies (Slumber Party Massacre trilogy, some David...
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Kinta and Ginji 金太と銀次 Dir: Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura (2020)
Kinta and Ginji 金太と銀次 「Kinta to Ginji」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 84 mins. Director: Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura Writer: Takuya Dairiki, Takashi Miura (Script), Starring: Takuya Dairiki, Takashi...
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The Day of Destruction 破壊の日 (2020) Dir: Toshiaki Toyoda
The Day of Destruction 破壊の日「Hakai no Hi」 Release Date: July 24th, 2020 Duration: 57 mins. Director: Toshiaki Toyoda Writer: Toshiaki Toyoda (Script), Starring: Kiyohiko Shibukawa, MahiToThePeople...
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Labyrinth of Cinema, #HandballStrive, Take Over Zone, The 12 Day Tale of the...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all safe and well. This week I went to work. Lots of Covid-19 infection prevention material has been left, waiting to be installed. Other than that, I visited...
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Japanese Films at the Locarno Film Festival 2020 (05th-15th August)
The Locarno Film Festival runs from August 05th to the 15th and they have announced their selection of films. Like last year there are two Japanese films (well, one’s a US-Japan co-production and the...
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Third Window Films Release the First Blu-ray Edition of “Fish Story” on...
Third Window Films are going to release the world’s first ever blu-ray edition of the much-loved music-fantasy FISH STORY on August 10th. This is going to be released to mark 10 years since Third...
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Reiko and the Dolphin, Okaasan no hibaku piano, Grand Blue, Tailwind,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are safe and well. This week I posted about the upcoming Blu-ray release of Fish Story on August 10th (review coming soon) and the Japanese films at the Locarno Film...
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Fish Story フィッシュストーリー Dir: Yoshihiro Nakamura (2009)
Fish Story フィッシュストーリー 「Fisshu Suto-ri-」 Release Date: March 20th, 2009 Duration: 112 mins. Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura Writer: Tamio Hayashi (Script), Kotaro Isaka (Original Manga) Starring: Kengo...
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A Preview of the Japanese Titles at the New York Asian Film Festival 2020...
The New York Asian Film Festival 2020 launches on August 28th and runs until September 12th and there are around 51 films programmed with 8 from Japan. The festival, like many others, will deliver its...
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Japanese Films at the Fantasia International Film Festival 2020 (August 20th...
The Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating its 24th edition as a virtual event due to Covid-19. A variety of film screenings, panels and workshops will be accessible to viewers...
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Fate/stay night: Heaven’s Feel III. spring song, The Girl I Like, The...
Happy weekend, people. I hope you are all well. This week, I went to work twice and spent a bit of time helping to programme a festival coming up in the autumn. I watched and reviewed Fish Story and...
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