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Korea Independent Animation Festival 2022 in Japan
The 2022 edition of the Korea Independent Animation Festival will run online from May 18th to the 22nd. The festival will host a collection of around 20 films and three talk sessions, all of which will...
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Bubble, Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These Gekitotsu Part 3, Shin...
Happy Weekend! This is the first of a two-part trailer post covering the Japanese films released this weekend. What are the first batch? Bubble バブル 「 Baburu」 Release Date: May 13th, 2022 Duration:...
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An Interview with Yuko Watanabe, Director of BOY SPROUTED [Osaka Asian Film...
Boy Sprouted depicts the battle of wills unfolds between a boy (Seitaro Hara) who dislikes tomatoes and his mother (Kanako Higashi) who is determined to make him eat them. Director Yuko Watanabe...
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Hedatetete, Education and Patriotism, Ikitete Yokatta, Drive into the Night,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This week, I posted about the Hanakori Korean Independent Animation Festival which will screen Korean animated films online in Japan next week. I posted my interview...
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Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May...
Chicago Japan Film Collective is a Japanese film festival in America’s Midwest which was created with the express aim of introducing work created by women, the LGBTQ community and indie filmmakers to...
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Out of TOKYO202x Director: Akinori Ikuse [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]...
Out of TOKYO202x Release Date: 2022 Duration: 14 mins. Director: Akinori Ikuse Writer: Takuya Matsuura (Screenplay), Starring: Ucyu Imagawa, So Morozumi, From George Pal’s classic The Time Machine...
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An Interview with Akinori Ikuse, Director of Out of Tokyo 202x [Osaka Asian...
A mood of optimism radiates from Akinori Ikuse’s 14-minute short, Out of TOKYO 202x, a time travel movie where two people from the future, Rika (Ucyu Imagawa) and Shin (So Morozumi), spend time...
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Taiga e no Michi, Haken Anime!, The Quintessential Quintuplets the Movie,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well The Cannes Film Festival 2022 is currently underway and one of the Korean films, Hunt by Lee Jung-jae, is about to get its screening as I type this! This is a list of...
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ZARD LIVE 2004「What a beautiful moment Tour」Full HD Edition, Jinsei Drive,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well This is the second part of the trailer post. The first part is here. This week, I posted a review of Out of Tokyo 202x and an interview with Akinori Ikuse, its...
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The Residents 暮らしの残像 Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
The Residents 暮らしの残像 「Kurashi no Zanzo」 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 16 mins. Director: Kahori Higashi Writer: Kahori Higashi (Screenplay), Starring: Toma Hirose, Yukimi Soma, Rin Oka, Shinoka Mashima,...
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Melting Sounds ほとぼりメルトサウンズ Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film...
Melting Sounds ほとぼりメルトサウンズ 「Hotobori Meruto Saunzu」 Release Date: July 16th, 2022 Duration: 80 mins. Director: Kahori Higashi Writer: Kahori Higashi, Yuichi Nagatsuma (Screenplay), Starring:...
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Made in Yamato, Inu-Oh, Hatachi no Soru, Setouchi Jakucho: 99 Years of Life,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well Only one trailer post this week so this is it. In terms of reviews and interviews, my review for Angry Son and interview with its director, Kasho Iizuka, were...
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The Way of the Househusband The Movie, Fuyu Soubi, Kisaragi Station, Taiyou...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This is the first part of this week’s trailer post. More trailers tomorrow! The Way of the Househusband The Movie 極主夫道 ザ・シネマ 「Gokushufudo Za Shinema 」 Release...
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Mobile Suit Gundam: Cucuruz Doan’s Island, Tongari Atama no Gonta: Futatsu no...
Happy Weekend I hope that you are well No posts this week, just enjoying films like Dust in the Wind, Raise the Red Lantern, Ju Dou, and To Live. You can read the first part of the trailer post here....
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Alivehoon, Yes, I Can’t Swim, We Are Adults, GENSAN PUNCH, Dorobou Nikki,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well This is the first of a two-part trailer post. Come back tomorrow for the second part. What are the first batch of films released this weekend? Alivehoon ALIVEHOON...
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Soup and Ideology, Romeo and Juliet in Cinema, BiSH presents PCR is PAiPAi...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. I have not been feeling well these past couple weeks. Or the last seven moths, really. As a result, no posts. I hope to get some done next week and then maybe take a...
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Swallow 喰之女 Director: Mai Nakanishi (2021)
Swallow 喰之女 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 23 mins. Director: Mai Nakanishi Writer: Mai Nakanishi (Script), Starring: Han Ning (Mimi), Liu Dai-Ying (Xue-Lan), Vera Chan (Annie), Arrow Chih-Hsuan Peng...
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An Interview with Mai Nakanishi about Her Horror Short “SWALLOW”
As a horror film fan, Mai Nakanishi is talking my language. When I first saw Hana at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2019, it stood out to me as an expertly crafted minimalist horror film given depth by...
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Plan 75, The Pass: Last Days of the Samurai, BL Metamorphosis, Koi wa Hikari,...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post because lots of films were released this weekend plus two My Hero Academia specials (which I won’t write about). Here...
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The Hound of the Baskervilles: Sherlock the Movie, Kyoto Camaro Detective, To...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are feeling fine. This is the second part of the trailer post. The first part is here. I’m still not feeling good and as a result I’ve limited screen time. I did find time to...
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