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Heroic Purgatory Podcast Covers Japan Society’s Cinema as Struggle: The Films...
Kazuo Hara and Sachiko Kobayashi are a husband-and-wife team of filmmakers who emerged out of the Japanese New Wave and have spent their careers documenting iconoclasts and outsiders in Japan. Their...
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The Many Faces of Chika またの日の知華 (2005) Dir: Kazuo Hara, Producer/Writer:...
The Many Faces of Chika またの日の知華 「Mata no Hi no Chika」 Release Date: January 05th 2005 Duration: 114 mins. Director: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi Writer: Sachiko Kobayashi Starring: Takami...
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A Dedicated Life 全身小説家 (1994) Director: Kazuo Hara, Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi
A Dedicated Life 全身小説家 「Zenshin Shosetsuka」 Release Date: September 23rd 1994 Duration: 157 mins. Director: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi Writer: N/A Starring: Mitsuharu Inoue, Jakucho...
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The Asian Angel, Napoleon and Me, The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Cursed By...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This is a bit of a procrastination day. Finished work, did some gardening, watched an episode of The X-Files. This week I wrote about the Heroic Purgatory podcast...
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Sennan Asbestos Disaster ニッポン国VS泉南石綿村 (2018) Director: Kazuo Hara Producer:...
Sennan Asbestos Disaster ニッポン国VS泉南石綿村 「Nippon Kuni VS Sennan Ishiwatamura」 Running Time: 215 mins. Release Date: March 10th, 2018 Director: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi Writer: N/A...
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Honey Lemon Soda, Tokyo Revengers, The Fishmans Movie, Hiruko the Goblin,...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are doing well. This is part one of a two-part trailer post. The next one is tomorrow? What is amongst the first batch of films released this weekend? Honey Lemon Soda...
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Tokyo Kurds, A Dobugawa Dream, The Fish with One Sleeve, Nebagiba Shinsekai,...
Happy weekend, part two (you can find part one here) A bit of a slow week for me. I’ve just finished 13 days of work and will do another 13 from next Monday. I’ve been re-watching and enjoying season...
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Belle, Restart, Sanma Democracy, Hoshizora no Mukou no Kuni, Kud Wafter Movie...
Happy Saturday! I hope you are well. I have taken a break from writing this week and spent some time doing gardening with my mother and recording an episode of the Heroic Purgatory podcast, this one...
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Reiwa Uprising れいわ一揆 (2019) Dir: Kazuo Hara
Reiwa Uprising れいわ一揆 「Reiwa Ikki」 Release Date: September 11th, 2020 Duration: 248 mins. Director: Kazuo Hara Writer: N/A Starring: Ayumi Yasutomi Website IMDB Popular discontent and...
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A Preview of the Japanese Titles at the New York Asian Film Festival 2021...
The New York Asian Film Festival is a go for 2021 and runs from August 6th to the 22nd. It is a hybrid event with over 60 films split between cinemas and online streams. It’s a beautiful and exciting...
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Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop, Gundam: G no Reconguista Movie III – Uchuu...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. The Tokyo 2020 Olympics are live and it’s a case of so far so… alright? The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic disaster, IOC corruption, bigots in the organising committee...
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Hydra (2019) Director: Kensuke Sonomura
Hydra Release Date: November 23rd, 2019 Duration: 77 mins. Director: Kensuke Sonomura Writer: Jiro Kaneko (Screenplay), Starring: Masanori Mimoto (Takashi), MIU (Rina), Tasuku Nagase (Kenta), Takaya...
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Baby Assassins, Fate/Grand Order 3: Shuukyoku Tokuiten – Kani Jikan Shinden...
Happy weekend, again! I hope you are feeling fine. I will spend the next few weeks covering the New York Asian Film Festival 2021. I’ll be doing an episode of the Heroic Purgatory podcast tomorrow and...
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Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) [New York Asian Film...
Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド「Janku Heddo」 Release Date: March 26th, 2021 Running Time: 99 mins Director: Takahide Hori Writer: Takahide Hori (Screenplay), Starring: Takahide Hori, Atsuko Miyake, Yuji...
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An Interview with Atsuko Miyake, Stop-Motion Animator on JUNK HEAD
Welcome to the world of JUNK HEAD JUNK HEAD is a dark, dystopian sci-fi-horror film that alternates between the grotesque and the cute. Told through the medium of stop-motion animation, it presents a...
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Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival...
Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ） 「Shushushu no Musume (ko)」 Release Date: August 21st 2021 Duration: 88 mins. Director: Yu Irie Writer: Yu Irie (Script) Starring: Saki Fukuda, Ryoka Neya, Matsuo Yoshioka,...
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Escape from Mogadishu 모가디슈 (2021) Director: Ryoo Seung-wan [New York Asian...
Escape from Mogadishu 모가디슈 「Mogadisyu」 Release Date: July 28th 2021 Duration: 121 mins. Director: Ryoo Seung-wan Writer: Ryoo Seung-wan, Lee Ki-cheol (Script), Starring: Kim Yoon-seok (Han...
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a hope of NAGASAKI yasashii hitotachi, It’s a Summer Film, Okinawa/Santos,...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well. This is the first in a two-part trailer post. The New York Asian Film Festival starts tonight with the opening film, South Korean action title Escape From Mogadishu....
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Heroic Purgatory Podcast Covers the New York Asian Film Festival 2021 (August...
The New York Asian Film Festival launches tonight and will run from August 6th to August 22nd as a hybrid event with around 70 films split between cinemas and online streams and the HEROIC PURGATORY...
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Situation Love, Super Moon a Ogikubo Takashi no Playback, It’s a Flickering...
Happy Weekend! © Yu Irie & cogitoworks Ltd. I hope you are well. This week I haven’t been feeling so good and I have taken time off work. During this bit of downtime, I’ve been watching films...
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