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All the Things We Never Said 生きちゃった Dir: Yuya Ishii (2020)
All the Things We Never Said 生きちゃった 「Ikichatta」 Release Date: October 03rd, 2020 Duration: 91 mins. Director: Yuya Ishii Writer: Yuya Ishii (Script), Starring: Taiga Nakano, Yuko Oshima, Ryuya...
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A Preview of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2020
The 33rd Tokyo International Film Festival (TokyoIFF) runs from October 31st to November 09th and it is a physical event. Information on this page shows the various measures that will be taken by...
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Third Window Films Release Europe’s first Blu-ray and the UK’s first release...
Third Window Films are going to bolster their stable of Shinya Tsukamoto films by issuing a (Region B) blu-ray release of Gemini, his 1999 horror title, on November 02nd. It has a sparkling transfer...
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Sumou-do samurai o tsugu-sha-tachi, Closet (2020), Kichijoji Go-Go-, WAVE!!...
Happy weekend, everyone! Notes on Monstropedia I hope you are all feeling genki. Throughout this month, I worked the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 2020. It seemed to go well. I worked as the...
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GEMINI 双生児 -GEMINI- (1999) Dir: Shinya Tsukamoto
This year’s Halloween movie review is back and I am returning to a familiar name for this year’s chosen film, Shinya Tsukamoto. There are slight spoilers in here. Gemini 双生児 -GEMINI- 「そうせいじ ジェミニ 」...
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Futsuu ni shinu inochi no jiritsu, MISSION IN B.A.C. THE MOVIE, Musical...
Happy weekend (again)! I hope you are all still well and you had a nice Halloween. The only change between Friday and now is that I posted a review of Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1999 film Gemini and I will...
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Lovers on Borders ポルトの恋人たち時の記憶 Director: Atsushi Funahashi (2018)
Lovers on Borders ポルトの恋人たち 時の記憶 「Poruto no koibitotachi toki no kioku」 Release Date: November 10th, 2018 Running Time: 139 mins. Director: Atsushi Funahashi Writer: Atsushi Funahashi, Shigeru...
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Junihitoe wo Kita Akuma, Ora Ora Be Goin’ Alone, Georama Boy Panorama Girl,...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all doing well. There was only one post this week and it was for the Atsushi Funahashi film Lovers on Borders (2019). I watched were The Colour Out of Space...
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Doran, Railroad Man, Saitan kyori wa mawarikudokute, rakka ryusui, Nekutai o...
Happy weekend! I hope you are still all feeling good. Following yesterday’s trailer post, I jumped onto this one and then prepared material for English conversation class and prepped to go back to my...
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The Pinkie さまよう小指 Dir: Lisa Takeba (2014)
The Pinkie The Pinkie Film Poster さまよう 小指 Samayou Koyubi Release Date: September 14th, 2014 (Japan) Duration: 63 mins. Director: Lisa Takeba Writer: Lisa Takeba (Screenplay), Starring: Ryota Ozawa,...
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Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory 春子超常現象研究所 Dir: Lisa Takeba (2015)
Haruko’s Paranormal Laboratory 春子超常現象研究所「 Haruko Chojo Gensho Kenkyujo」 Release Date: December 05th, 2015 Duration: 73 mins. Director: Lisa Takeba Writer: Lisa Takeba (Screenplay), Starring: Aoi...
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Life: Untitled, Flight on the Water, Looking for Magical DoReMi, Japan Sinks:...
Happy weekend everyone I hope you are all well This is part one of the trailer post and it will cover films I have already written about in some form. The ones gathered here have been taken from my...
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The Man Who Was There, Tane wa Dare no Mono, Tabun, The Werewolf Game: Death...
Happy weekend, part two! I hope you are all still feeling good. In the time between this post and the last, I have watched Memories of Murder as prep for another instalment of the Heroic Purgatory...
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The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time オルジャスの白い馬 Director: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov,...
The Horse Thieves. Roads of Time オルジャスの白い馬「Oruhasu no Shiroi Uma」 Release Date: January 18th, 2020 Duration: 81 mins. Director: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov, Lisa Takeba Writer: Yerlan Nurmukhambetov...
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Wandering Alien Detective Robin さすらいのエイリアン 私立探偵ロビン「Sasurai no eirian shiritsu tantei Robin」 Release Date: June 16th, 2012 Duration: 20 mins. Director: Lisa Takeba Writer: Lisa Takeba (Script),...
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Tezuka’s Barbara, Food Luck, Runway, Me & My Brother’s Mistress, Any...
Hello everyone! I hope you are all well. This is part one of my weekend trailer post. This week, I’ve posted reviews for the Lisa Takeba films Wandering Alien Detective Robin and The Horse Thieves....
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Graffiti Graffiti, Tsuyogari Caponata, Macho Caponata, Wonderful Paradise,...
Happy weekend! I hope you are all well! This is the second part of my weekly trailer post. Part one can be found here. What else is released this weekend? Graffiti Graffiti グラフィティ・グラフィティ 「Gurafiti...
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Wild Geese / The Mistress 雁 Shiro Toyoda (1953)
The Mistress (aka Wild Geese) 雁 「Gan」 Running Time: 104 mins. Release Date: September 15th, 1953 Director: Shiro Toyoda Writer: Masashige Narusawa (Screenplay), Ogai Mori (Original Novel)...
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Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell 吸血鬼ゴケミドロ (1968) Dir: Hajime Sato
Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell 吸血鬼ゴケミドロ 「Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro」 Release Date: August 14th, 1968 Duration: 84 mins. Director: Hajime Sato Writer: Kyuzo Kobayashi, Susumu Takaku (Script), Starring:...
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Underdog, Sora wa doko ni aru, Mogura, Songs of Triumph, Sasaki in My Mind,...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. Since my last trailer post, I have watched two b-movies Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell and Matango, and three Hong Kong crime thrillers – the Infernal...
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