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Inside the Red Brick Wall 理大圍城 Dirs: Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers (2020)...
Inside the Red Brick Wall 理大圍城 Release Date: 2020 Duration: 88 mins. Director: Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers Writer: N/A Starring: N/A IMDB Winner of the 27th Hong Kong Film Critics Society prize...
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Afternoon Landscape Dir: Sohn Koo-yong (2020) South Korea [Yamagata...
Afternoon Landscape Release Date: N/A Duration: 73 mins. Director: Sohn Koo-yong Writer: N/A Starring: Noh Seung-hyun Website Featured in Yamagata International Film Festival’s New Asian Currents...
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Transform! へんしんっ！ Director: Tomoya Ishida [Yamagata International...
Transform! へんしんっ！ 「Henshin!」 Release Date: June 19th, 2021 Duration: 94 mins. Director: Tomoya Ishida Writer: N/A Starring: Tomoya Ishida, Osamu Jareo, Shizue Sazawa, Megumi Mitsui, Daisuke Suzuki,...
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Whole, Lupin’s Daughter, Baragaki: Unbroken Samurai, Skeleton Flowers, Bunshi...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This week, I have been covering films at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2021. My reviews include International Competition winner Inside the...
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Alone Again in Fukushima ナオト、いまもひとりっきり Dir: Mayu Nakamura (2021) [Yamagata...
Alone Again in Fukushima ナオト、いまもひとりっきり 「Naoto, Ima mo Hitorikkiri 」 Release Date: N/A Running Time: 95 mins. Director: Mayu Nakamura Writer: N/A Starring: Naoto Matsumura, Daisuke Matsumura,...
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A Glimpse at the Films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2021
The 32nd Tokyo Student Film Festival runs from October 19th to October 23rd in Shibuya Eurospace and 25 films have been selected for audiences to enjoy. The line-up consists of indie and feature...
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Hiraite, Cube, Godly Time, She is Alone, Swan Lake in Cinema, Eiga...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This week, I posted a review of Alone Again in Fukushima and a preview of the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2021 What is released this weekend? Hiraite ひらいて...
View ArticleUshiku 牛久 Dir: Ian Thomas Ash (2021) [Yamagata International Documentary Film...
Ushiku 牛久 「Ushiku」 Release Date: N/A Duration: 84 mins. Director: Ian Thomas Ash Writer: N/A Starring: N/A Website Selected to play in the Perspectives Japan section of the Yamagata International...
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Japanese Films at Tokyo FILMeX 2021 (October 30th to November 07th)
Tokyo FILMeX 2021 runs from October 30th to November 07th. It launches on the same day as the Tokyo International Film Festival but it is dedicated to showcasing arthouse films. This will be both an...
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And the Baton Was Passed, Yukyu yori no ai datsu damu shin jidai , If You...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well! This is the first in a two-part trailer post. The next one comes tomorrow! What is released in Japan this weekend? And, the Baton Was Passed そして、バトンは渡された...
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Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night, I Don’t...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well! This week I posted a review of the documentary Ushiku, a preview of the Japanese films playing at TOKYO FILMeX, and the first batch of trailers for this week. I also...
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The Thing 遊星からの物体X (1982) Dir: John Carpenter
Happy Halloween! This is the time of year when people celebrate the supernatural and ghoulish aspects of popular culture and national myths. I do my part by highlighting horror movies on Halloween...
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Fafner THE BEYOND Episodes 10 11 12, We Couldn’t Become Adults, What Did You...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post covering around ten films that drop in theatres (one already having been released). What are the first batch of films...
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Shinonome Color Shuumatsu, Zetsumetsu Doubutsu (VACATION), Notebook on Cities...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. It’s getting colder as winter approaches. The above image captures the tone. It comes from John Carpenter’s THE THING which I reviewed here and also spoke about on...
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Parasite in Love, Umekiranu Baka, Nobutora, Kaizoku Sentai: Ten Gokaiger,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This is the first in a two-part trailer post. I haven’t posted much over the last couple of weeks due to being ill and unable to concentrate. I hope to resume writing...
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Love Mooning, Yokai Watch ♪ Keita to Orecchi no Deiai-hen da Nyan ♪ Wa,...
Happy Weekend AGAIN! I hope you are well. This is the second of a two-part trailer post. You can find the first part here. I haven’t done much except go to work and watch Cowboy Bebop What else was...
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Whiplash of the Dead きみが死んだあとで Dir: Haruhiko Daishima [Yamagata International...
Whiplash of the Dead きみが死んだあとで「Kimi ga Shinda ato de」 Release Date: April 17th, 2021 Duration: 200 mins. Director: Haruhiko Daishima Writer: N/A Starring: N/A Website The psychic trauma of the...
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Come and Go, The Cursed Sanctuary X, The Mole Song: Final, Will I Be Single...
Happy Weekend. I hope that you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post since there are over ten films getting screened. I’ll post the second part tomorrow. What are the first batch of...
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Joint, Miyata Busters Co., Ltd. Feature Version, Cinderella in Cinema, 12 Nin...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This is the second part of the two-part trailer post. The first part is here. I’m slowly getting back into writing reviews. I covered fascinating documentary...
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Spaghetti Code Love, Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 3, Gekijouban Butai `Touken...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well! This is the first in a two-part trailer post. Here’s the first batch of films getting released this weekend! Spaghetti Code Love スパゲティコード・ラブ 「Supageti Ko-do Rabu」...
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