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Intimate Stranger 親密な他人 Dir: Mayu Nakamura [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]
Intimate Stranger 親密な他人 「Shinmitsuna tanin」 Release Date: March 05th, 2022 Duration: 96 mins. Director: Mayu Nakamura Writer: Mayu Nakamura (Script/Story), Starring: Asuka Kurosawa, Fuju Kamio, Yu...
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Ribbon 2021 Director: Non [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]
Ribbon Release Date: February 25th, 2022 Duration: 107 mins. Director: Non Writer: Non (Script), Starring: Non, Daichi Watanabe, Rio Yamashita, Karin Ono, Daikichi Sugawara, Misayo Haruki, Website...
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Gundam: G no Reconguista Movie IV – Gekitou ni Sakebu Ai, Gekijouban Re:cycle...
Happy Weekend © Siglo/Omphalos Pictures I hope you are well This is the first of a two-part trailer post that covers the films released this weekend. Come back tomorrow for six more trailers. Anyway, I...
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Dawning on Us, Kodomo Kaigi, In Another Language, A Beacon of Hope in the...
Happy Weekend! ©︎”Ribbon” Film Partners I hope you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post. The first part can be found here. I think one part of my illness is starting to ease and I...
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Offbeat Cops 異動辞令は音楽隊！ (2022) Dir: Eiji Uchida [New York Asian Film Festival...
Offbeat Cops 異動辞令は音楽隊！ 「 Ido Jirei wa Ongakutai!」 Release Date: August 26th, 2022 Duration: 119 mins. Director: Eiji Uchida Writer: Eiji Uchida (Script), Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Nana Seino, Hayato...
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Lesson in Murder 死刑にいたる病 Director: Kazuya Shiraishi [New York Asian Film...
Lesson in Murder 死刑にいたる病 「Shikei ni Itaru Yamai」 Release Date: May 06th, 2022 Duration: 128 mins. Director: Kazuya Shiraishi Writer: Ryo Takada (Script), Riu Kushiki (Original Story), Starring:...
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Broken Commandment 破戒 Director: Kazuo Maeda [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]
Broken Commandment 破戒 「Hakai」 Release Date: July 08th, 2022 Duration: 119 mins. Director: Kazuo Maeda Writer: Masato Kato, Norio Kida (Script), Toson Shimazaki (Original Story) Starring: Shotaro...
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Even if This Love Disappears from the World Tonight, Lovely Little Ai, Mugen...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. After a month-long sickness, I am continuing to get better and I am hoping that trend continues. I have continued my run of reviews for the New York Asian Film...
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Grown-ups わたし達はおとな (2022) Director: Takuya Kato [New York Asian Film Festival...
Grown-ups わたし達はおとな 「Watashitachi wa Otona」 Release Date: June 10th, 2022 Duration: 108 mins. Director: Takuya Kato Writer: Takuya Kato (Script), Starring: Mai Kiryu, Kisetsu Fujiwara, Rio Kanna,...
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Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン (2022) Director: Shinji Higuchi [New York Asian Film...
Shin Ultraman シン・ウルトラマン 「Shin Urutoraman」 Release Date: May 13th, 2022 Duration: 112 mins. Director: Shinji Higuchi Writer: Hideaki Anno (Script), Starring: Takumi Saito, Masami Nagasawa, Hidetoshi...
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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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An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains...
Winner of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022‘s Japan Cuts Award, Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains is the debut narrative feature of Ryohei Sasatani. Originally getting his start with documentaries, he has...
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Otome-tachi no Okinawa Sen, Convenience Story, Gekijouban Neko Bukken,...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well. This is the first of a two-part trailer post, so come back tomorrow for more! What is the first batch of films released this weekend? Otome-tachi no Okinawa Sen...
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ONE PIECE FILM RED, The Riverside and an Endless Night, Towards Zero, Torao,...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well. This week, I’ve watched Solaris by Andrei Tarkovsky and Claire’s Knee by Eric Rohmer. This is the second part of the trailer post (first part here). This week, I...
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Just Only Love 愛がなんだ (2019) Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi
Just Only Love 愛がなんだ 「Ai ga Nanda」 Running Time: 123 mins. Release Date: April 19th, 2019 Director: Rikiya Imaizumi Writer: Rikiya Imaizumi, Kaori Sawai (Screenplay), Mitsuyo Kakuta (Original Novel)...
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Love at Least 生きてるだけで、愛 (2018) Director: Kosai Sekine
Love At Least 生きてるだけで、愛 「Ikiteru dakede Ai」 Release Date: November 09th, 2018 Duration: 109 mins. Director: Kosai Sekine Writer: Kosai Sekine (Screenplay), Yukiko Motoya (Original Novel), Starring:...
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Kanojo-tachi no Hanashi, 3653 no Tabi, Far Away Further Away, Aitakute...
Happy Weekend! I hope you are well This week, I posted reviews for two romance films, Just Only Love and Love at Least. I’ll be talking about the 2008 film Departures for Heroic Purgatory this weekend....
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Earthquake Bird Director: Wash Westmoreland (2019) Netflix
Earthquake Bird Release Date: July 10th, 2022 Duration: 93 mins. Director: Wash Westmoreland Writer: Wash Westmoreland (Script), Susanna Jones (Original Novel), Starring: Alicia Vikander (Lucy Fly),...
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A Glimpse at the Films at the Tokyo Student Film Festival 2022
The 33rd Tokyo Student Film Festival runs from August 20th to August 21st in Shibuya Eurospace and it has 12 films on offer. These films are split into three programmes, features, animation, and...
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Haw, Violence Action, SABAKAN, Ikiru FROM NAGASAKI, Wolf Hunter Go! –...
Happy Weekend I hope you are well There are a LOT of Japanese films released this weekend and they come amidst a Wong Kar-Wai retrospective and some other foreign films. So, this is a two-part trailer...
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