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Amalock, Kiri no Fuchi / Beyond the Fog, Blue Lock: EPISODE Nagi, Onmyoji...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts of the week. The second trailer post arrives tomorrow. I’m coming to the final couple of boss battles in Bravely Default on the 3Ds and I’m eager to end the...
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Pain of the Anonymous, Double Life, 94-sai no Gei, Tatsumi, Osaka Casino,...
Welcome to the second of two trailer posts this week. You can find the first post here. Well, I finished Bravely Default! I feel a review coming on because it was an enjoyable game. Even the final boss...
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Evil Does Not Exist, Inch Forward, Are you ready for a mindset that will...
Welcome to the first of two trailer posts this week. The second trailer post comes tomorrow. I have managed to watch a film a day and have generally enjoyed all of them. I’ll continue coverage of Osaka...
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Hard-boiled Recipe, Seigi no Yukue, Echigo Okumiomote Digital Remaster, Rajio...
Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first post here. I’m taking a break this week, although I did a podcast recording for Heroic Purgatory about the Johnnie To films The...
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18×2 Beyond Youthful Days, Swimming in a Sand Pool, Buzzy Noise, Kyojin no...
Welcome to the one trailer post of the week I am still taking a bit of a break from writing reviews and doing interviews but it will pick up again during May with some OAFF titles and Nippon...
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Japanese, Korean, and Other Asian Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024
This year’s Cannes Film Festival will run from May 14th to the 25th and the official line-up of films has been announced so I can write something about the films from East Asia, particularly Japan and...
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Inch Forward 走れない人の走り方 (2024) Director: Su Yu-chun [Osaka Asian Film Festival...
Inch Forward 走れない人の走り方 「Hashirenai Hito no Hasiri-kata」 Release Date: April 26th, 2024 Duration: 83 mins. Director: Su Yu-chun Writer: Su Yu-chun (Screenplay), Starring: Nairu Yamamoto, Saori,...
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RYUICHI SAKAMOTO | OPUS, Trapezium, Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture, Uma...
Welcome to the first trailer post of the week Come back tomorrow for the second post Well, I’ve started in on the final Nintendo 3DS game in my collection: Fire Emblem: Awakening. It was actually the...
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Yume no Naka, Longing for Color, Yi-chan’s White Cane, Onegai ga Hitotsu...
Welcome to the second trailer post of the week You can find the first post here Since the last trailer post, I spent time watching female-led action movies – La Femme Nikita (1990) and The Villainess...
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A Preview of Nippon Connection 2024
After a teaser of the 2024 programme, last month, the full line-up of Nippon Connection 2024 has been announced and a feast of riches are on offer for cineastes and Japanophiles to devour. The festival...
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Missing, The Women in the Lakes, Gobangiri, Happiness, i☆Ris the Movie Full...
Welcome to the first of three trailer posts this week Come back Thursday and Friday for the next two parts Well, I have started Fire Emblem: Awakening and after the first couple of missions, I have...
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Shukujitsu, Runaway Wrestler, Kago no nai Tori, Oraga Mura no Tsuchinoko...
Welcome to the second of three trailer posts You can find the first one here while the last one follows tomorrow So, I’ve been binging on films this week with Robert Bresson, Godzilla, and some random...
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Haruna Takana Special, Lifelike, Nukegara, Shall We Love You?, Kanro,...
Welcome to the third and final trailer post of the week. You can find part one here and part two here. This week has been all about festivals, in terms of what I’ve written about. Cannes 2024 kicked...
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Gekijouban Oishii Kyuushoku Road to Ikameshi, Uma Musume Pretty Derby:...
Welcome to the first of four trailer posts this week. The next trailer posts will be published over the following days this week. There are over 20 Japanese films so I have decided to split the...
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Quicksand -reverse-, Naomi -reverse-, Mikkagetsu to Neko, Joudan janai yo,...
Welcome to the second trailer post of the week. You can find the first part here and the others follow over the next two days. It is a busy week for films but during the day I have been at work and...
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Hanako, Mahiro no Hoshi, Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said, Meteru to...
Welcome to the third of four trailer posts You can find part one here, part two here, and the last part will come tomorrow! I’ve started back in on Castlevania games with the GBA collection and the...
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Nibisabi no Su, Shizuri Tabisuru Kaji no Ki, Ikite Ikite Ikiru., Gewalt no...
Welcome to the fourth and last trailer post of the week! You can find part one here, part two here, and part three here! Well, I’m done with my watch of the original series of Twin Peaks and I watched...
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JFF+ Japanese Film Festival Online: Japanese Films Available to Stream in 2024
The Japan Foundation’s Film Festival+ team have launched their Japanese Film Festival Online site with their selection of films that will be available to stream in 27 countries/regions for free from...
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A Look at Nippon Connection 2024 with Florian Höhr, the Festival’s...
As someone trying to shine a light on Japanese and Asian cinema, I have always appreciated the scope and commitment of the Nippon Connection team to providing a stage for films and filmmakers,...
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“I watch film, make film, love film”: director Su Yu-chun on the background...
“Write what you” know is a phrase I use a lot (maybe too much) for any film that shows a degree of self-reflexiveness with regards to filmmaking. Such was the case for my review of Inch Forward, a...
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