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Being Kazue, Confetti, Itsumo Ushiro ni, Yumemiru Petoro, Actors Short Film...
Welcome to the third and final trailer post of this week. Part one is here and part two is here. The trailer posts have been released earlier than normal because I am about to launch into coverage of...
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Falling Into Place Director: Aylin Tezel [Glasgow International Film Festival...
Falling Into Place Release Date: 2023 Duration: 113 mins. Director: Aylin Tezel Writer: Aylin Tezel (Screenplay), Starring: Aylin Tezel, Chris Fulton, Rory Fleck Byrne, Alexandra Dowling, Samuel...
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Falling Into Place, Aylin Tezel Explains the Experiences, Inspirations, and...
In making her feature film debut Fall In Place, German actress Aylin Tezel took on an immense challenge as she handled the role of writer, director, and a lead role in an international co-production...
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Wash Away うぉっしゅ Director: Ikunosuke Okazaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Wash Away うぉっしゅ 「Uosshu」 Release Date: 2024 Duration: 114 mins. Director: Ikunosuke Okazaki Writer: Ikunosuke Okazaki (Screenplay), Starring: Yuuka Nakao, Naoko Ken, Kazuya Shimasa, Naoko Takagi, Maki...
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Suton すとん Director: Rikako Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Suton すとん 「Suton」 Release Date: 2024 Duration: 41 mins. Director: Rikako Watanabe Writer: Rikako Watanabe (Screenplay), Starring: Chie Sakamoto, Mai Murakami, Atsushi Honma, Yujiro Hara, Miki Igarashi....
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Suton すとん Director Rikako Watanabe on Creating a Concise Drama and Showing...
Suton is the directorial debut of Rikako Watanabe. Armed with acting experience on stage and screen – you can see her in Graffiti Graffiti! (2020) and Saga Saga (2023) – and production-side experience...
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On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
On a Boat オン・ア・ボート 「On A Bo-to」 Release Date: 2024 Duration: 32 mins. Director: Heso Writer: Heso (Screenplay), Starring: Kiyohiko Shibukawa, Ryo Matsuura, Nairu Yamamoto, Yuuka Nakao, Sayaka Wada,...
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“All of our decisions in life have an aspect of sacrifice,” On A Boat...
Heso’s latest short film, On A Boat, charts a mismatched married couple negotiating the limits of freedom and control. What separates husband Chu (Kiyohiko Shibukawa) and his wife Sara (Ryo Matsuura)...
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Memories of His Scent においが眠るまで Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film...
Memories of His Scent においが眠るまで 「Nioi ga Nemuru Made」 Release Date: 2024 Duration: 92 mins. Director: Kahori Higashi Writer: Kahori Higashi, Yuichi Nagatsuma (Screenplay), Starring: Reira Ikeda, Shun...
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Kahori Higashi on the Smells, Personal History, and the Dreams that Went Into...
March 2024 will be extra busy for director Kahori Higashi. She is a director rising through the indie ranks who has two films that will be screened in the month. At the end, she will be unveiling...
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City of Wind (2023) Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir [Osaka Asian Film...
City of Wind Сэр сэр салхи 「Sèr sèr salkhi」 シティ・オブ・ウインド 「Shiti Ob Uindo」 Release Date: August 31st, 2024 Duration: 103 mins. Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir Writer: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir...
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Snowdrop スノードロップ Director: Kota Yoshida [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
Snowdrop スノードロップ 「Suno-doroppu」 Release Date: 2024 Duration: 98 mins. Director: Kota Yoshida Writer: Kota Yoshida (Screenplay), Starring: Aki Nishihara, Haruhi Ito, Rao Onozuka, Naoko Miya, Kensuke...
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“I believe that things can only be seen from the perspective of the weak”...
After a mysterious opening where a character disappears, Snowdrop becomes a fairly follow-the-line story of a woman named Naoko (Aki Nishihara) applying for welfare after ten years of caring for her...
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Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023) Director: Elene Naveriani [Osaka Asian...
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry Shashvi Shashvi Maq’vali ブラックバード、ブラックバード、ブラックベリー 「Burakkuba-do, Burakkuba-do, Burakkuberi-」 Release Date: February 03rd, 2024 Duration: 110 mins. Director: Elene...
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The Winter of 1905 (1981) Director: Yu Wei-Cheng [Osaka Asian Film Festival...
The Winter of 1905 (Digitally Remastered Version) 一九零五的冬天 (数字修復版) 「Yījiǔ líng wǔ de dōngtiān (shùzì xiūfù bǎn)」 Release Date: 1981 Duration: 94 mins. Director: Yu Wei-Cheng Writer: Edward Yang...
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It Must Be Love 愛の茶番 Director: Junko Emoto [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
It Must Be Love 愛の茶番 「Ai no Chaban」 Release Date: 2024 Duration: 120 mins. Director: Junko Emoto Writer: Junko Emoto (Screenplay), Starring: Runa Endo, Ami Tomite, Yuki Sugawara, Ryo Iwase, Kosuke...
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“Could a film exist with ‘nothing’ there?”: Junko Emoto on Applying Theatre...
It Must Be Love is theatre and film director/writer Junko Emoto’s follow-up to her debut, The Extremists Opera (2016). While her first film was a semi-autobiographical title about the fireworks felt by...
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My Home Hero, Eiga Shimajiro Miracle-Jima no Nanairo Carnation, Gold Boy,...
Welcome to this week’s trailer post There will only be one Yesterday it was announced that Akira Toriyama had passed away earlier in the month. Like many people around the world, I grew up reading and...
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Henna Ie, Lovesick Ellie, Seishun Jack Tomerareruka, Oretachi wo 2, Japanese...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts The next one follows tomorrow I had been operating a high-tempo work rate balancing my regular job with writing over the last few months so this week has been...
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Kimagure, Blue Imagine, Ikusafumu, Moeru Dress o Tsumuida Japanese Film...
Welcome to the second of two trailer posts You can find the first post here I decided to take a break from watching contemporary Asian films and watched older titles from around the world. Ridley...
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