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Under the Open Sky, Patlabor 2: The Movie (4DX Release), Detective Conan: The...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope you are all well. This week’s trailer post is going to be split into three because there are a lot of trailers. There will be one tomorrow and one on Sunday. I posted...
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First Love, Tsunagare Radio Our Rainy Days, Princess Principal: Crown Handler...
Happy Saturday! I hope you are well. Following on from yesterday’s trailer post, this is part two! Part three comes tomorrow. What else is released this weekend? First Love ファーストラヴ 「Fa-suto Rabu」...
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A Long Journey, The Guard From Underground, The New Prince of Tennis: Hyotei...
Happy Sunday! I’m almost at the end of a big writing project. One last push today! What are the final films released this weekend? A Long Journey かくも長き道のり 「Kaku mo nagaki michinori」 Release Date:...
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Under Your Bed アンダー・ユア・ベッド (2019) Dir: Mari Asato
Under Your Bed アンダー・ユア・ベッド 「Anda- Yua Beddo」 Release Date: July 19th, 2019 Duration: 98 mins. Director: Mari Asato Writer: Tatsuya Ishii (Screenplay), Kei Ohishi (Novel) Starring: Kengo Kora, Kanako...
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Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2021
Like Rotterdam earlier this month, the Berlin International Film Festival has had to change its format due to Covid-19 and so it launches in two sections. From the website: From March 1 to 5, 2021,...
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The Murders of Oiso, In Those Days, Liar x Liar, The Pledge to Megumi, Shin...
Happy weekend, people! We’re back for more movies! This week I posted a review for the “Kengo Kora plays a stalker” film Under Your Bed and I wrote about the Japanese films at the Berlin International...
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Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger the Movie: Red Battle! All Sentai Rally!!, Peaceful...
Happy weekend, again! I hope you are feeling good. This is the second of this week’s trailer post. It follows on from this one. Yesterday evening I watched The Shape of Red (2020) and this morning I...
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colorless 猿楽町で会いましょう Dir: Takashi Koyama (2020)
colorless 猿楽町で会いましょう 「Sarugakuchou de aimashou」 Release Date: 2021 Duration: 122 mins. Director: Takashi Koyama Writer: Takashi Koyama, Yu Shibuya (Screenplay), Starring: Ruka Ishikawa, Daichi...
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Aristocrats, Face Forward, GET OVER JAM Project THE MOVIE, Samete Maboroshi,...
Happy weekend, everyone. I hope you are all well! This week, I watched more Shohei Imamura films in preparation for a podcast. I also watched a bunch of Ryutaro Nakagawa films like Mio on the Shore,...
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March Comes in Like a Lion, Pornographer: Playback, Under the Turquoise Sky,...
Happy Weekend, everyone. Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first one here. What else is released this weekend? March Comes in Like a Lion 三月のライオン 「Sangatsu no Raion」...
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Kikoenakatta Ano Hi, That Day I Couldn’t Hear, Nijuu no machi koutai-chi no...
Happy weekend! Welcome to the third and final trailer post of this week. Here are links to PART ONE and PART TWO of the trailer post. What are the final films released this weekend? That Day I...
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ARIA The CREPUSCOLO, The Sun Does Not Move, Kokumin no sentaku, 14-Sai no...
Happy Middle of the Week! I hope that you are all well. I’m going to be covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival from the UK for this year. Due to Covid-19, travel has been cancelled but the internet is...
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Keep Rolling 好好拍電影 Dir: Man Lim Chung (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Keep Rolling 好好拍電影 映画をつづける 「Eiga o tsuzukeru」 Release Date: 2020 Duration: 111 mins. Director: Man Lim-chung Writer: N/A Starring: Ann Hui, Andy Lau, Tsui Hark, Sylvia Chang, Website IMDB OAFF...
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Three Sisters 세자매 Director: Lee Seung-won (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival...
Three Sisters 세자매 「 Se Ja-mae 」 Release Date: January 27th, 2021 Duration: 115 mins. Director: Lee Seung-won Writer: Lee Seung-won (Script), Starring: Moon So-ri, Kim Sun-young, Jang Yoon-ju, Cho...
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Joint ジョイント Director: Oudai Kojima (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Joint ジョイント 「Jointo」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 118 mins. Director: Oudai Kojima Writer: HAM-R (Script), Starring: Ikken Yamamoto, Kim Jin-cheol, Kim Chang-bak, Keisuke Mitsui, Sogen Higuchi,...
View Articleyes, yes, yes Director: Akihiko Yano (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
yes, yes, yes Release Date: N/A Duration: 74 mins. Director: Akihiko Yano Writer: Akihiko Yano, (Script), Starring: Kazuma Uesugi, Kazunari Uryu, Minami Inoue, Nahoko Kawasumi, OAFF Sometimes, the...
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The Slug 태어나길 잘했어 (2020) Dir: Choi Jin-young (South Korea) [Osaka Asian Film...
The Slug 태어나길 잘했어 「 Taeeonagil Jalhaesseo 」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 99 mins. Director: Choi Jin-young Writer: Choi Jin-young (Script), Starring: Kang Jin-a, Park Hye-jin, Hong Sang-pyo, Byeon...
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Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Gotō-san ゴトーさん 「Gotō-san」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 77 mins. Director: Hiroshi Gokan Writer: Hiroshi Gokan (Script), Starring: Hirofumi Suzuki, Tomomi Fukikoshi, Seiichi Kohinata, Manaka Kinoshita,...
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An Email Interview with Akihiko Yano, Director of “yes,yes,yes” [Osaka Asian...
I wish I were better at writing about acting because every now and then I watch a film where there are astonishing performance that I am spellbound and profoundly moved. In those situations, I want to...
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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time, Love, Life and Goldfish, Banzai! Here...
Happy weekend, everyone! I hope that you are all well. In normal times, as a member of the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF), I’d be over in Japan watching films and meeting people. AND EATING...
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