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The Sleeping Insect 眠る虫 (2019) Dir: Yurina Kaneko
The Sleeping Insect 眠る虫「Nemuru Mushi」 Release Date: September 05th, 2020 Duration: 62 mins. Director: Yurina Kaneko Writer: Yurina Kaneko (Script), Starring: Ryo Matsuura, Takeo Gozu, Kaoru Mizuki,...
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Soul Music ソウル・ミュージック (2020) Dir: Masaki Soejima
Soul Music ソウル・ミュージック 「Souru Myu-jikku」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 30 mins. Director: Masaki Soejima Writer: Masaki Soejima (Script), Starring: Teruyuki Oshima, Kazuaki Koyama, Yoshio Otani, Miki...
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Angry Rice Wives, Adult’s Situation, Gintama: The Final, Gekijouban Bishoujo...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. I’m leading in with politics because… After the crazy events of the last week at the US Capitol (and numerous state houses across America), I am not...
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Tailwind 追い風 (2020) Dir: Ryo Anraku
Tailwind 追い風 「Oikaze」 Release Date: August 07th, 2020 Duration: 71 mins. Director: Ryo Anraku Writer: Ryo Katayama, Ryo Anraku (Script), Starring: DEG, Ryo Katayama, Ryo Anraku, Hyoma Shibata,...
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My Lovely Days, Yuka-chan no Aishita Jidai ゆかちゃんの愛した時代 (2018) Dir: Yun Hayama
My Lovely Days ゆかちゃんの愛した時代 「Yuka-chan no Aishita Jidai」 Release Date: July 11th, 2020 Duration: 30 mins. Director: Yun Hayama Writer: Yun Hayama, Nishio Hiroshi (Script), Starring: Yun Hayama, Keita...
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Etsunen: Lovers, Nezura 1964, Totsuzen shitsurei itashimasu!, Natsume...
Happy weekend! I hope everyone is doing well. I hope you are all staying safe and looking for ways to make a positive change in the world. I’ve taken to studying Japanese for a couple of hours as soon...
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Dong Teng Town ドンテンタウン (2020) Dir: Kouhei Inoue
Dong Teng Town ドンテンタウン 「Donten Taun」 Release Date: July 17th, 2020 Duration: 61 mins. Director: Kouhei Inoue Writer: Kouhei Inoue (Script), Starring: Ryo Sato, Sho Kasamatsu, Ai Yamamoto, Ryui...
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Terrarium Locker テラリウムロッカー (2019) Dir: Rika Aoi
Terrarium Locker テラリウムロッカー 「Terariumu Rokka-」 Release Date: 2019 Duration: 30 mins. Director: Rika Aoi Writer: Rika Aoi (Screenplay), Starring: Kanako Miyashita, Osuke Tokunaga, Takashi Okado, Anju...
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Gekijouban hontou ni atta kowai hanashi jiko bukken geinin, The Night Beyond...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all safe and well. This week I reviewed the films Dong Teng Town and Terrarium Locker and I’m helping prep a film festival. I watched a lot of films recently...
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Third Window Films Unleashes the Weird and Wild World of Director UJICHA with...
Kyoto Saga Art University graduate Ujicha is a talented artist who uses hand-made and painted paper cut-outs for models and moves them by hand like marionettes to tell horror stories. He has dubbed it...
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Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2021 – This is My Place – Carving out...
Whenever the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme rolls around, I end up doing posts on Anime UK News (AUKN) and my blog. Earlier this month, I published a preview on AUKN and now it’s time for my...
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The End of the Tiny World, Yakuza and The Family, I Fell in Love Like A...
Happy Weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. This week, I posted news on the blu-ray/digital release of gekimation films from Ujicha – Violence Voyager and Buddha Burning Man so expect a review...
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Woman of the Photographs, Aru Youmuin, To Heal Wounds of Heart Theatrical...
Happy weekend, everyone. Welcome to part two of the trailer post. I forgot to mention in part one of my trailer post that my review for Keita Yamashina’s fun metatextual drama Body Remember is up at...
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Stay (2019) Dir: Naoya Fujita
Stay Release Date: September 05th, 2020 Duration: 38 mins. Director: Naoya Fujita Writer: Suzuyuki Kaneko (Script), Starring: Keita Yamashina, Ruka Ishikawa, Takaki Uda, Yumi Endo, Kenta...
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Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2021
From February 01st – 07th and June 2nd – 06th 2020, the 50th edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival will screen their films online. It’s going to be an online experience available to...
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Endless SHOCK, Jukai Village, Suicide Forest Village, The Cinderella...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well. This week I was in work for a few days as I helped set up an exhibition. I’ve also continued work on writing material for a film festival coming up in...
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021 Announces Opening/Closing Films
The Organisers of the Osaka Asian Film Festival have announced details of the 2021 edition. The top headlines are: It is going ahead in two forms, one physical and one digital On screen (OAFF 2021...
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Satsui no Michinori, Murderous Intent’s Journey (Movie Version), Horimiya,...
Happy weekend! Again! I hope you are still feeling good. This is part two of my trailer post (part one came out yesterday) because there were a lot of films to get through. I also posted information...
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Japanese Films at the Glasgow International Film Festival 2021
The Glasgow Film Festival (February 24th – March 07th) will launch for its 17th edition this month and there is only one Japanese film in the line-up. Here is what is on offer: Dreams on Fire...
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Body Remember (2020)
Body Remember Release Date: N/A Duration: 85 mins. Director: Keita Yamashina Writer: Ippei Miyake, Keita Yamashina (Script), Starring: Yume Tanaka, Yohei Okuda, Ryuta Furuya,Takaya Shibata, Momoka...
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