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Japanese Films at the Venice International Film Festival 2020 (September 02nd...
The Venice International Film Festival is going to take place from September 02nd to September 12th. It is the 77th edition and the first big film festival to take place physically since the start of...
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Milocrorze: A Love Story ミロクローゼ Dir: Yoshimasa Ishibashi (2011)
Milocrorze: A Love Story ミロクローゼ 「Mirokuroze」 Release date: May 08th, 2011 Duration: 90 mins. Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi Starring: Takayuki Yamada (Bresson, Tamon, Ovreneli), Anna Ishibashi...
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Ito, Crazy Samurai Musashi, Flying Rabbit in the Night Sky, Terrolun and...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are well. This week, I posted about the Venice International Film Festival, a review for Milocrorze: A Love Story and a short preview of Summer of Horror Hiho which...
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Japanese Films at the Toronto International Film Festival 2020 (September...
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival runs from September 10th to the 20th and they have announced their selection of films. Due to the Covid-19, it is a reduced festival with just 50 titles...
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Japanese Films at L’Etrange Festival 2020
The L’Etrange Festival is set to run at Forum des Images for its 26th edition from September 02 to 13 as a physical event and it comes during the Covid-19 pandemic. As such, rules have been put in...
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Soiree, Stigmatized Properties, Blue Painful and Brittle, Two Silhouettes,...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all well. I have been back in work on the regular this week but, despite that, I managed to get some writing done. I’m covering some titles at the New York Asian...
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Japanese Films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2020...
This year’s San Sebastian International Film Festival runs from September 18th to the 26th and they have announced their selection of films. Due to the Covid-19, the festival has reduced what it will...
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A Beloved Wife 喜劇 愛妻物語 Dir: Shin Adachi (2019)
A Beloved Wife 喜劇 愛妻物語 「Kigeki Aisai Monogatari」 Release Date: September 11th, 2020 Duration: 115 mins. Director: Shin Adachi Writer: Shin Adachi (Screenplay/Novel) Starring: Gaku Hamada, Asami...
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Third Window Films Release dual-edition DVD/Blu-ray of hitman black comedy...
Third Window Films are going to issue a dual-edition DVD/blu-ray release of the indie film Melancholic on September 07th with a selection of great extras typical for TWF. Extra features (*all in...
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The Brightest Roof in the Universe, Ninzu no Machi, Restart After Come Back...
Happy weekend, everyone. We made it to another one and thank you for joining me here. This week was packed to the rafters with coverage of the New York Asian Film Festival and all the while I had to go...
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Miyamoto 宮本から君へ Dir: Tetsuya Mariko (2019)
Miyamoto 宮本から君へ 「Miyamoto kara Kimi e」 Release Date: September 27th, 2019 Duration: 129 mins. Director: Tetsuya Mariko Writer: Tetsuya Mariko, Takehiko Minato (Screenplay), Hideki Arai (Manga)...
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Beneath the Shadow (Eiri) 影裏 Dir: Keishi Otomo (2020)
Beneath the Shadow 影裏 「Eiri」 Release Date: February 14th, 2020 Duration: 134 mins. Director: Keishi Otomo Writer: Kaori Sawai (Script), Shinsuke Numata (Story) Starring: Gou Ayano, Ryuhei Matsuda,...
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A Beloved Wife, Reiwa Uprising, Humanoid Monster Bela, The Magnificent...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all genki. September is going to be very busy in terms of this blog as I aim to cover a grip of festivals and also release reviews. I’ve got one post planned for...
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Beasts Clawing at Straws 지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들 Dir: Kim Yong-hoon (2020)
Beasts Clawing at Straws 지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들「Jipuragirado Jabgo Sipeun Jibseungdeul」 Running Time: 108 mins. Release Date: February 19th, 2020 Director: Kim Yong-hoon Writer: Kim Yong-hoon...
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Battle Royale バトル・ロワイアル Dir: Kinji Fukasaku (2000)
Battle Royale バトル・ロワイアル「Batoru Rowairu」 Release Date: December 16th, 2000 Duration: 109 mins. Director: Kinji Fukasaku Writer: Kenta Fukasaku (Script), Koushun Takami (Original Novel) Starring:...
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A Glimpse at the Films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2020
Tthe 31st Tokyo Student Film Festival runs from October 15th to October 17th in Shibuya Eurospace and 19 have been selected for audiences to enjoy. The line-up consists of films produced by students...
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Idol アイドル (2020) Dir: Ryushi Lindsay
Idol アイドル「Aidoru」 Release Date: September 23rd, 2020 Duration: 20 mins. Director: Ryushi Lindsay Writer: Ryushi Lindsay (Script), Starring: Ryoka Neya (Miyabi), Miyu Sasaki (Kasumi), Sawa...
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Cenote, Daughters, The Hardness of Avocado, Tomodachi Yameta., Jazz Kissa...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope everyone is fine and dandy. I’ve been trying to get my life in order by writing schedules down for myself with achievable goals. Normally, I just have a bunch of things...
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Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2020
The Vancouver International Film Festival 2020 (VIFF) runs from September 24th to October 07th and it is packed with over 100 feature films from around the world. This year’s fest is going to be...
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Japanese Films at the BFI London Film Festival 2020
2020 has knocked everyone sideways, not least film fests across the globe, many of which went virtual to protect audiences from Covid-19. This year’s London Film Festival follows many others in being...
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