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Swallow Flying to the South 燕南飛 (2022) Director: Mochi Lin [Osaka Asian Film...
Swallow Flying to the South 燕南飛 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 17 mins. Director: Mochi Lin Writer: Mochi Lin (Screenplay), Puppets, Sets, Props. Costumes, Animation, Cinematography, Editing, Sound,...
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December, Muse Does Not Drown, Shin Kamen Rider, Kumo to Saru no Kazoku,...
Happy Weekend This is the second of the two-part trailer post (first part here). I’ve been covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 this week and reviewed a whole grip of films: Sekai Shall We Love...
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Hong Kong Family 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric [Osaka Asian Film...
Hong Kong Family 過時・過節 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 112 mins. Director: TSANG Hing Weng Eric Writer: Lou Shiu-Wa, Leung Chuen-Yeung (Screenplay), Starring: Teresa Mo, Tse Kwan Ho, Edan Lui, Hedwig...
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Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 (2023) Dir: Chihiro Ito [Osaka Asian Film...
Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 「Saido Bai Saido Tonari ni Iru Hito」 Release Date: April 14th, 2023 Duration: 130 mins. Director: Chihiro Ito Writer: Chihiro Ito (Screenplay), Starring: Kentaro...
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SAKKA Online Streaming Service Set to Launch “NOISE” by Yusaku Matsumoto on...
US-based distribution Japanese film streamer SAKKA is set to distribute Yusaku Matsumoto’s debut film Noise later this week, March 24th. Originally released in Japan in 2019, this is an ensemble drama...
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Noise ノイズ (2017) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto
This is my V-Cinema review of Noise from back in 2017. Noise ノイズ 「Noizu」 Release Date: March 01st, 2019 Running Time: 124 mins Director: Yusaku Matsumoto Writer: Yusaku Matsumoto (Screenplay),...
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Gridman Universe, Gekijouban Argonavis AXIA, Lost Care, Kokoro no Basho,...
Happy Weekend My coverage of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 has come to an end. I hope to be around to cover next year’s edition. There are quite a few films released this weekend so this is a two-part...
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Baby Assassins 2 Babies, Utsuroi no Toki wo Matou Mantles of Transience,...
Happy Weekend Well, as mentioned in the first part of this trailer post, I wrapped up coverage of the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 with reviews of Hong Kong Family and Side by Side. I then posted...
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Nemesis, Touken Ranbu: The Movie 2, Indelible Memories, GOLDFISH, DOOR 2:...
Happy Weekend A delayed trailer post (the first of a two-parter) but it is here and with a film still from All the President’s Men. What are the first batch of films released this week? Nemesis 映画...
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Rakudai Majo: Fuka to Yami no Majo, Asuka ni Ikiru, Care wo Tsumuide, Never...
Happy Weekend This is the second part of this weekend’s trailer post. You can find the first part here. What else was released this weekend? Rakudai Majo: Fuka to Yami no Majo らくだい魔女 フウカと闇の魔女...
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Princess Principal: Crown Handler 3, My Beautiful Man: Eternal, Shikakenin...
Happy Weekend Just one trailer post this week. Some interesting indies and more continuations of anime/TV shows. What are the films released this weekend? Princess Principal: Crown Handler 3...
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Three Stories of Love 恋人たち (2015) Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
Three Stories of Love Three Stories of Love Film Poster 恋人たち 「Koibito-tachi」 Release Date: November 14th, 2015 Duration: 140 mins Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi Writer: Ryosuke Hashiguchi Starring:...
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Korea Independent Animation Festival 2023 in Japan
If you are in Japan and looking to discover more about the world of Korean animation, look no further than the Korea Independent Animation Festival. After going online for 2022, this year’s edition is...
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Side by Side, People Who Talk to Plushies Are Kind, Detective Conan ~Kurogane...
Happy Weekend In a rare turn of events, I’ve watched nearly half of the films released this weekend. It helps that two played at the Osaka Asian Film Festival and one is Seijun Suzuki’s stone-cold...
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Vagrant Story ベイグラントストーリー (2000) Director: Yasumi Matsuno
Vagrant Story ベイグラントストーリー 「Beiguranto Suto-ri-」 Release Date: February 10th, 2000 Genre: Action RPG Director: Yasumi Matsuno Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto Writer: Yasumi Matsuno, Akihiko Yoshida...
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Persona 3 P3 ペルソナ３ Director: Katsura Hashino
Shin Megami Tensei is a sprawling video game franchise that started off in the 1980s and has since spawned multi-genre video games, TV and movie anime, concept cafes, and achieved a degree of...
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Tokyo Revengers 2 Bloody Halloween: Destiny, Village, Uranai Game, Osaka...
Happy Weekend This is the first of a two-part trailer post because there are ten Japanese works released this weekend (five per post). What are the first lot of films released this weekend? Tokyo...
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Sio 100-nen Tsudzuku Ten no Hajimari, The Melancholy of Nagi, HIDARI (Pilot...
Happy Weekend This is the second part of the weekly trailer post (first part here). Finished reading Children of Men and I can confirm that the film is a much better version of the story. Very focussed...
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Love and Murder of Sheep and Wolf 羊とオオカミの恋と殺人 (2020) Director: Kayoko Asakura
Love and Murder of Sheep and Wolf 羊とオオカミの恋と殺人 「Hitsuji to Ookami no Koi to Satsujin」 Release Date: November 29th, 2020 Duration: 103 mins. Director: Kayoko Asakura Writer: Izumi Takahashi...
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The Passenger (1975) Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
The Passenger Release Date: August, 1974 Duration: 126 mins. Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Writer: Mark Peploe, Michelangelo Antonioni, Peter Wollen (Screenplay), Starring: Jack Nicholson, Maria...
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