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A Preview of the Japanese Titles at the New York Asian Film Festival 2023...
Genkinahito The New York Asian Film Festival is set to launch for its 22nd edition on July 14th. It runs until July 30th and will feature 60+ new and classic films from China, Hong Kong, Japan,...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets ∽ Special, Ice Cream Fever, How Do You Live?,...
Happy Weekend I have been involved with lots and lots of film things. I’ve started coverage of the New York Asian Film Festival 2023 with a Heroic Purgatory episode dedicated to the festival. Yesterday...
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Killing Romance 킬링 로맨스 (2023) Director: Lee Won-Suk [New York Asian Film...
Killing Romance 킬링 로맨스 「Jukyeojunuen Romaenseu」 Release Date: April 14th, 2023 Duration: 106 mins. Director: Lee Won-Suk Writer: Park Jung-Ye (Screenplay), Starring: Lee Ha-Nee (Hwang Yeo-Rae),...
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Egoist エゴイスト (2022) Dir: Daishi Matsunaga [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]
Egoist エゴイスト「Egoisuto」 Release Date: February 10th, 2023 Duration: 120 mins. Director: Daishi Matsunaga Writer: Daishi Matsunaga, Kyoko Inukai (Screenplay), Makoto Takayama (Autobiographical Novel),...
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Okiku and the World せかいのおきく (2023) Director: Junji Sakamoto [New York Asian...
Okiku and the World せかいのおきく 「Sekai no Okiku」 Release Date: April 28th, 2023 Duration: 89 mins. Director: Junji Sakamoto Writer: Junji Sakamoto (Screenplay), Starring: Haru Kuroki, Kanichiro, Sosuke...
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Bear Man 웅남이 (2023) Director: Park Sung-kwang [New York Asian Film Festival...
Bear Man 웅남이 「Woongnami」 Release Date: March 22nd, 2023 Duration: 97 mins. Director: Park Sung-kwang Writer: Kim Hwang-do (Screenplay), Starring: Park Sung-woong (Na Woong-nam/Lee Jeong-hak), Oh...
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A Tour Guide 믿을 수 있는 사람 (2023) Director: Kwak Eun-mi [New York Asian Film...
A Tour Guide 믿을 수 있는 사람 「mid-eul su in-neun saram」 Release Date: 2023 Duration: 92 mins. Director: Kwak Eun-mi Writer: Kwak Eun-mi (Screenplay), Starring: Lee Sul (Han-young), Jeon Bong-seok...
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Plastic, Parallel, Jinzou Mahou Shoujo Kaini, Kamikai, Sefure no Hinkaku...
Happy Weekend The 2023 edition of the New York Asian Film Festival is underway and I have been steadily publishing reviews. I’ve got more up my sleeve so keep checking back. This is the first of a...
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The Ransom, 12 Months of Kai, Ten Stories, Osomatsu-san: Tamashii no Takoyaki...
Happy Weekend This is the second part of a two-part trailer post. You can find the first part here. As mentioned yesterday, this year’s edition of the New York Asian Film Festival is currently underway...
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Mountain Woman 山女 (2023) Director: Takeshi Fukunaga [New York Asian Film...
Mountain Woman 山女 「Yama Onna」 Release Date: June 30th, 2023 Duration: 100 mins. Director: Takeshi Fukunaga Writer: Takeshi Fukunaga, Ikue Osada (Screenplay) Starring: Anna Yamada, Masatoshi Nagase,...
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In Her Room ひとりぼっちじゃない (2022) Director: Chihiro Ito [New York Asian Film...
In Her Room ひとりぼっちじゃない 「Hitori Bocchi Janai」 Release Date: March 10th, 2023 Duration: 135 mins. Director: Chihiro Ito Writer: Chihiro Ito (Screenplay/Original Novel), Starring: Fumika Baba, Satoru...
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Mayhem Girls メイヘムガールズ (2022) Director: Shinichi Fujita [New York Asian Film...
Mayhem Girls メイヘムガールズ 「Meihemu Ga-ruzu」 Release Date: November 26th, 2022 Duration: 98 mins. Director: Shinichi Fujita Writer: Shinichi Fujita, Erika Nakayama (Script), Starring: Mizuki Yoshida...
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Home Sweet Home スイート・マイホーム Director: Takumi Saitoh [New York Asian Film...
Home Sweet Home スイート・マイホーム 「Sui-to Mai Ho-mu」 Release Date: September 01st, 2023 Duration: 113 mins. Director: Takumi Saitoh Writer: Yutaka Kuramochi (Screenplay), Rinko Kamizu (Original Novel)...
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Hail to Hell 지옥만세 (2023) Director: Lim Oh-jeong [New York Asian Film Festival...
Hail to Hell 지옥만세 「Jiogmanse」 Release Date: 2023 Duration: 109 mins. Director: Lim Oh-jeong Writer: Lim Oh-jeong (Screenplay), Starring: Oh Woo-ri (Na-mi), Bang Hyo-rin (Sun-woo), Jung Yi-ju...
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Kingdom 3 Unmei no Honoo, 658km, Yoko no Tabi, Missing: The Lucie Blackman...
Happy Weekend This is the first of a two-part trailer post so come back tomorrow. I’m still posting reviews for the New York Asian Film Festival 2023 and I will have some interviews to go along with...
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Barashi Fight, Blue Boy Lover, Murakumo: Ghost Agency, Gekijouban Honto ni...
Happy Weekend This is the second of a two-part trailer post. You can find the first part here. This week was all about the New York Asian Film Festival so I posted reviews of: Mountain Woman In Her...
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An Interview with Junji Sakamoto, Director of Okiku and the World せかいのおきく...
Taken from: https://www.nyaff.org/nyaff23/films/okiku-and-the-world Sustainable development meets youth love story in Edo era Japan as a manure man (Kanichiro) and a samurai’s daughter (Haru Kuroki)...
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An Interview with Takeshi Fukunaga, Director of Mountain Woman [New York...
Mountain Woman was one of the most distinctive films that I saw at the fest and when I talked about it as part of the Heroic Purgatory podcast, I found my co-host also rated it highly and so there was...
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The Abandoned 查無此心 Director: Tseng Ying-ting (2023) [New York Asian Film...
The Abandoned 查無此心 「Chá wú cǐ xīn」 Release Date: 2023 Duration: 128 mins. Director: Tseng Ying-ting Writer: Tseng Ying-ting, Yang Yu-chien, Lin Pin-chun, Hsu Shih-hui (Screenplay), Starring: Janine...
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Nomad 烈火青春 (1982) Director: Patrick Tam [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]
Nomad 烈火青春 「Lie huo qing chun」 Release Date: November 26th, 1982 Duration: 96 mins. Director: Patrick Tam, Terry Tong Writer: Joyce Chan, Hoon-Chung Chan, Kang-Chien Chiu (Screenplay), Starring:...
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