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Minamata Mandala, See You When the Curtain Goes Down, Tokyo-ga, Watashi wa...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well. This is the second in a two-part trailer post (the first part can be found here). No other posts this week. I will try to resume writing soon. I did record a Heroic...
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Hula Fulla Dance, ARIA The BENEDIZIONE, Gekijouban Soushuuhen Mazica Party,...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well What are the first batch of releases for this weekend? Hula Fulla Dance フラ・フラダンス 「Fura Fura Dansu」 Release Date: December 03rd, 2021 Duration: 89 mins Chief...
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189, MANKAI MOVIE「A3!」 SPRING & SUMMER, I Am a Cat!, Resident of Alice,...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well. This is the second trailer post of the week. The first one can be found here. I took part in a podcast about Cowboy Bebop over at Heroic Purgatory. It was fun to...
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The Witches of the Orient, Your Turn to Kill, Gunkan Shonen, Sayonara...
We start this weekend by saying… RIP Keiko Nobumoto A talent taken away too soon. If you hadn’t heard, the news is over at Anime News Network. If you don’t know who she is, here’s an article that goes...
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Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, POP!, Watashi wa ittai, nani to tatakatte iru...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. Due to tiredness, I haven’t got back into writing about films although I did drop a Letterboxd review for a noir earlier this week. I’ve got end of year posts I...
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GLIDE, Gyakkou, Nare no Hate, Remote Detective Japanese Film Trailers
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This is the second trailer post of the week. The first one can be found here. In film terms I have watched Nightmare Alley, World on a Wire, Summer with Monika, and...
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BBB (BAY BLUE BLUES) 2021, Gekijouban Jujutsu Kaisen 0, Kagawa Ward 1, Love...
Merry Christmas (Eve) I hope you are well. There are seven films released this weekend so I’ll write about four today and the rest tomorrow. What are the first batch of films to be released this...
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Red Post on Escher Street, Otto to chotto hanarete shima kurashi, Tomose...
Merry Christmas I hope you are festive and well. It’s my first proper Christmas with my family but I am taking time out to organise things and quickly do this trailer post. As I write this, I am...
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Genkina hito’s Top Ten Films of the Year (2021)
Bear with me while I mix personal reflections and obvious observations of cinema for this year! While 2021 saw cinemas open for longer and many festivals going ahead around the world, the Covid-19...
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BanG Dream! the Movie “Poppin’ Dream!”, The End of the Pale Hour, 99.9...
Happy New Year! I hope that 2022 is a fantastic year where many great things happen! If I have any resolutions for the new year, it is practising Japanese more and being a better person. Maybe learn...
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The Sunday Runoff, Truth: 1 Night 1 Room 3 Baddest Bitches, Bungo Stray Dogs...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well. There are quite a few Japanese films released this weekend so I’ve split this trailer post into two. Tomorrow’s post will have info on free films I’ve spotted. What...
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Haruhara-san’s Recorder, Hitotsu Bocchi, Silence Sunset, March 8th 3rd Year...
Happy Weekend, again! I hope you are well! This week, I watched Robocop and Rain Man since they were on Amazon Prime. I hope to start publishing reviews next week, especially for some of the free (and...
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Touching the Skin of Eeriness 不気味なものの肌に触れる (2014) Dir: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Touching the Skin of Eeriness 不気味なものの肌に触れる 「Bukimina mono no Hada ni Fureru」 Release Date: March 01st, 2014 Running Time: 54 mins. Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Writer: Tomoyuki Takahashi...
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Domains 王国 (あるいはその家について) (2019) Dir: Natsuka Kusano
Domains 王国 (あるいはその家について) 「Ookoku (aruiwa sono-ka ni tsuite)」 Running Time: 150 mins. Release Date: 2019 Director: Natsuka Kusano Writer: Tomoyuki Takahashi (Screenplay) Starring: Asami Shibuya,...
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The Confidence Man JP: Episode of the Hero, Galaxy Express 999, Popran, The...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This is the first of two trailer posts. The second follows tomorrow along with news of free films. What are the first batch of films that are let loose this weekend?...
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Nan nanda, Ankon, Psychics Z, Zero Waste PLUS Sustainable Living, Sotaisei...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well! This week, I posted a review for Touching the Skin of Eeriness and Domains, the latter of which is free to view over at Cinematheque Francaise. I also posted the...
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Made in Japan, Yamagata 1989 – 2021 – 10 Films from the History of the...
Starting on today, 10 films from Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival will be available to stream for 3 weeks from January 17 to February 06, 2022 and THE FIRST WEEK IS FREE! These films...
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A Movie Capital 映画の都 Dir: Toshio Iizuka (1991) [Yamagata International...
A Movie Capital 映画の都ー山形国際ドキュメンタリー映画祭’89 「Eiga no Miyako – Yamagata Kokusai Dokyumentari- Eigasai ‘89」 Release Date: March 25th, 1991 Duration: 98 mins. Director: Toshio Iizuka Writer: N/A Starring:...
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Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022
The 2022 edition of the Rotterdam International Film Festival will take place ONLINE from January 26th to February 06th. This is the 51st edition of the fest and it has been forced to go online with a...
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Adieu Galaxy Express 999, The Midnight Maiden War, Sagasu, Tiger and Bunny:...
Happy Weekend Some gorgeous views captured by @_kaori_oda in her film CENOTE. Part ethnography in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, all visual spectacle. Turn off the lights and turn the sound up when...
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