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pinto, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Gekitotsu Part 2,...
Happy Weekend! This is the first of a two-part trailer post covering the Japanese films released this weekend. What are the first batch? pinto Release Date: April 01st, 2022 Duration: 118 mins....
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My Life Mom Life, Gekijouban 1979 Hajimari no Monogatari Handa Dashi Matsuri...
Happy Weekend. I hope you are well. I have been quiet this week as I do my day job and line up reviews and interviews from this year’s Osaka Asian Film Festival. As part of that coverage, I took part...
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Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!: The Movie,...
Welcome to the weekend I hope you are well Japanese film fans on Twitter will be aware that for the last month an actor, a producer, and a couple of directors have been outed as sexual predators and...
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THE 3 Meisama Rimo-to dake ja Murija ne?, Tabi no Hajimari, Kay, Shuuten wa...
Happy weekend I hope you are well. Since last week’s trailer post, my reworked review for Random Call and interview with its director, Riki Ohkanda, went up on V-Cinema, as did my reworked review of...
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Bagmati River バグマティ リバー Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto (2021) [Osaka Asian Film...
Films about characters processing grief are common and are usually totally fictional. A memorable romance between Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze’s characters was sustained via the supernatural in Jerry...
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An Interview with Yusaku Matsumoto, Director of BAGMATI RIVER [Osaka Asian...
Bagmati River received its world premiere at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022. It is the latest work from director Yusaku Matsumoto, a talent who broke onto the international film scene with Noise...
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Third Window Films Brings “Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle” to UK Cinemas...
Third Window Films are set to release Arthur Harari’s award-winning war movie Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle in UK cinemas on April 15th. This French-Japanese co-production is based on a true...
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Howling 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) V Cinema Show Review [Osaka Asian Film...
Howling 遠吠え 「Toboe」 Release Date: April 16th, 2022 Duration: 86 mins. Director: Sheikh M Haris Writer: Sheikh M Haris (Screenplay), Starring: Ichiro Hashimoto, Yukino Takahashi, Ryoma Ikegami,...
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An Interview with Sheikh M Haris, Director of HOWLING [Osaka Asian Film...
Howling (review) is a blackly-comic neo-noir from Sheikh M Haris who subverts the genre by creating a collection of characters defined by desperation, cowardice, and disappointment rather than the...
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Howling, Bleached Bones Avenue ACT 1, Phoenix Goes On, Detective Conan: The...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well I am struggling with energy levels lately so posts have been patchy. I did one about the release of Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle and I also posted my review of...
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SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 Director: Ryohei Sasatani [Osaka Asian Film...
Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌（サンカ） 「Sanka」 Release Date: April 22nd, 2022 Duration: 77 mins. Director: Ryohei Sasatani Writer: Ryohei Sasatani (Screenplay), Starring: Rairu Sugita, Naru Komukai,...
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Crayon Shin-chan Movie 30: Mononoke Ninja Chinpuuden, Gekijouban Free! The...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. Quiet week for me with only a review of Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains and the V-Cinema Show release of my review North Shinjuku 2055 and interview with its director...
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Third Window Films Releases “Zokki” on Blu-ray on April 25, 2022
Third Window Films will release anthology comedy “Zokki” on April 25th. This film is based on a manga by Hiroyuki Ohashi, the creator of On-Gaku, the hit animated film. The manga contains many stories...
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An Interview with Daisuke Miyazaki, Director of NORTH SHINJUKU 2055 [Osaka...
North Shinjuku 2055 is the latest film by Daisuke Miyazaki, one of the directors who regularly attends Osaka Asian Film Festival with his youth-focused works with Yamato (California) (2016), Tourism...
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Sexual Drive, N Goto, Radiation House, Tsuyukusa, xxxHOLiC, Kikai Sentai...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post and it is launched in the first day of a four-day weekend! Come back tomorrow for more trailers. What are the first batch...
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Gekijouban Re:cycle of Penguindrum Part One Kimi no Ressha wa Seizon...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This is part two of the trailer post following yesterday’s opener. This week, I posted a news article about the release of Zokki and I also posted a great interview...
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Aloners 혼자 사는 사람들 Director: Hong Sung-eun (South Korea) [Osaka Asian Film...
Aloners 혼자 사는 사람들 「Honja saneun saramdeul 」 Release Date: May 19th, 2021 Duration: 91 mins. Director: Hong Sung-eun Writer: Hong Sung-eun (Screenplay), Starring: Gong Seung-yeon, Jung Da-eun, Seo...
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Japanese and Korean Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2022
This year’s Cannes Film Festival will May 17-28 and it will be a physical event. The official line-up of films has been announced and there are some major titles from Asia. Quite interestingly, the...
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My Small Land, Lesson in Murder, IDOL NEVER DiES, IDOL NEVER DiES,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post with the films released today in Japan. What are the first batch? My Small Land マイスモールランド 「Mai Sumo-ru Rando」 Release...
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My Identity, MIRRORLIAR FILMS Season3, Bachiramen, Mappa da ka, 67-Sai no...
Happy Weekend I hope that you are well. This week was a short work one but I am tired enough for brain fog to have descended. I put out a review of Aloners and a preview of the Japanese and Korean...
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