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Toshiaki Toyoda

By Tom Wilmot. When people think of the new masters of Japanese cinema, the same roster of names continues to crop up. Hirokazu Koreeda, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and Takashi…

All the Anime

Jan 24, 2022 • Subscribe

I’m Flash! (Toshiaki Toyoda, 2012)

A conflicted cult leader experiences an existential crisis after meeting a mysterious woman in a bar in Toshiaki Toyoda’s Okinawan drama

Windows on Worlds

Oct 16, 2021 • Subscribe

Shigeru

Toshiaki Toyoda: 2005-2021 (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

After five years, Third Window Films introduces another Toshiaki Toyoda box set covering films released between 2005 to 2021 on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK.

The Normanic Vault

Oct 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Monsters Club (モンスターズクラブ, Toshiaki Toyoda, 2011)

A traumatised young man still painfully in love with an imperfect world is plagued by trickster ghosts and shapeshifting monsters in Toyoda’s melancholy character study

Windows on Worlds

Oct 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Shiver 戦慄せしめよ (2022) Director: Toshiaki Toyoda

Shiver 戦慄せしめよ, by director Toshiaki Toyoda, is a music film that presents performances by Koshiro Hino and the taiko drumming group KODO in a visually dazzling way. Shiver 戦慄せしめよ (2022)…

Genkinahito

May 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Chicago Film Festival 2023

A Preview of the Chicago International Film Festival 2023 – October 11 to 22 – Monster, Evil Does Not Exist, The Boy and the Heron, Before Anyone Else,…

Genkinahito

Sep 20, 2023 • Subscribe

The Boy and the Heron

Burning Sky: Uprising – A Djinn Story

Merry Christmas from our team! Our gift to you? A new Burning Sky short fiction! Enjoy! And don’t forget to check out Burning Sky: The Story of Gaea – the official foreword…

GALVANIC

Dec 25, 2019 • Subscribe

Burning Sky Uprising: A Civilian's Tale

Happy Birthday to me! And what better way to celebrate than with this! The final short fiction in this phase of our plan!

GALVANIC

Jan 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Kpop Concerts in Chicago 2023

A full list of Kpop concerts in Chicago in 2023. The most updated list will be in Wisconsin Kpop Facebook group. ✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧⋄⋆⋅⋆⋄✧

Tsundoku Life

May 31, 2023 • Subscribe

Harmony

Kpop Concerts in Chicago 2024

A full list of Kpop concerts in Chicago, IL in 2024. This also includes Milwaukee, WI and Madison, WI which is within a 90 min drive of Chicago.…

Tsundoku Life

21 days ago • Subscribe

G-FEST IN CHICAGO TODAY

G-Fest was a blast today. My son Christian who is now 8 years old, was a maniac. It's funny how he's not really a Godzilla fan, but his…

Black Sun

Jul 11, 2010 • Subscribe

Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 25th to 31st)

Information on the Nine Japanese Films Playing at the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 25th to 31st)

Genkinahito

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Nine

Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 21st to 30th 2022)

Information on the Japanese Films Playing as part of the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 21st to 30th)

Genkinahito

May 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Raging Grace (2023) Director: Paris Zarcilla [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Raging Grace (2023), by director Paris Zarcilla, cleverly offers a balance of social commentary and historical horror that emerges in the experiences of a carer living in present-day…

Genkinahito

Dec 11, 2023 • Subscribe

New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Announces Opening Film, Additional Titles and Variety Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

New York Asian Film Festival 2021 Announces Opening Film, Additional Titles and Variety Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

VCinema

Jul 17, 2021 • Subscribe

veil

A New Name and A New Chapter

Another post about…well, me. The new me, that is.

Animated Observations

Nov 6, 2023 • Subscribe

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

A New Wind Blows 新しい風 Dir: Yutaro Nakamura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Fantasy and reality collide in the youth movie A New Wind Blows 新しい風 Dir: Yutaro Nakamura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

May 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Before Anyone Else (2023) Director: Tetsuya Mariko [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Before Anyone Else (2023), by director Tetsuya Mariko, is a very atmospheric and well-acted short film set in Chicago. A gritty and believable ride done with restraint and…

Genkinahito

Dec 4, 2023 • Subscribe

A New Wind Blows (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

A great film that shows that the madness of the male subject is often function of a woman, of a woman that unknowingly puts the by a man…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Ribbon 2021 Director: Non [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Ribbon is a Covid-19-themed film about the frustrations of life in isolation and creative blockages. Combining the two, we see a coming-of-age drama where the protagonist overcomes both through…

Genkinahito

Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

GROWING UP A CHICAGO MONSTER KID: GODZILLA 1985

As many people know, GODZILLA: FINAL WARS (2004) will be the last Big “G” film for quite a while. When Toho finally revives everyone’s favor...

Black Sun

Feb 26, 2010 • Subscribe

ULTRAMAN

New Pokemon Games released in November 2021 and early 2022

The Pokemon Company announced the release date for both Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokemon Legend Arc…

Tabibito's AniStory and Beyond

May 31, 2021 • Subscribe

A New Year and a New Ministry: Anime and Disability

Happy New Year, Readers! I’m excited to start 2021 on Beneath the Tangles by announcing a new ministry aimed at carrying out our mission to share our love…

Beneath the Tangles

Jan 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Nightingale (鶯, Shiro Toyoda, 1938)

Residents of a small rural town find themselves caught in a moment of confusion amid encroaching modernity in Shiro Toyoda’s warmhearted drama.

Windows on Worlds

Feb 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Kaiju Transmissions podcast: Pacific Rim Uprising

On my trip across the US, I stopped by Matt of Kaiju Transmissions’ place, and we caught the new Pacific Rim: Uprising together. In lieu of an actual…

Maser Patrol

Apr 1, 2018 • Subscribe

Monster  怪物 (2023) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Monster 怪物 (2023), by director Hirokazu Kore-eda, is a Rashomon-like story about how misapprehension can cause problems and hide people’s suffering. [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]…

Genkinahito

Dec 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Junk Head ジャンク ヘッド Director: Takahide Hori (2021) is a dark dystopian body-horror

Genkinahito

Aug 2, 2021 • Subscribe

Kinuyo Tanaka: A Life in Film

Runs August & September at BFI Southbank

Windows on Worlds

Aug 12, 2022 • Subscribe

New York Asian Film Festival Confirms Lineup For 2021 Hybrid Edition

In-person at Lincoln Center & SVA Theatre and online across the US Aug. 6 – 22

Windows on Worlds

Jul 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Zokki (2021) [Film Review]

Zokki; or, Too Many Secrets      Lately, I've been thinking. If a living creature loses what it keeps secret, maybe it can't go on living. O...

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Apr 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Cube (2021) [Film Review]

Cube (2021); or, Running Scared      I see a sin in your eyes. My first encounter with the Cube franchise was not a positive one. Back in…

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Mar 11, 2022 • Subscribe

An Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A Brief Interview with Yutaro Nakamura, Director of A NEW WIND BLOWS [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Jun 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Escape from Mogadishu 모가디슈 (2021) Director: Ryoo Seung-wan [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Escape from Mogadishu – 모가디슈 (2021) Director: Ryoo Seung-wan – provides pulse-racing action by retelling a dramatic moment in history. It opens the New York Asian Film Festival…

Genkinahito

Aug 5, 2021 • Subscribe

Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 (2023) Director: Um Tae-hwa [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 (2023), directed by Um Tae-hwa, is a disaster movie that marries together an apocalyptic earthquake and the dog-eat-dog world of home ownership in Korea. [Chicago…

Genkinahito

Dec 18, 2023 • Subscribe

Dolls’ Frontline #01 — The Sex Doll Uprising

  I continue to be impressed by the correct apostraphe placement. Impressions: I love how serious this takes itself on every level while just straight up ignoring how…

Tenka Seiha

Jan 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Girls’ Frontline

It’s a Summer Film! (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]

John Atom reviews Soushi Matsumoto's teen comedy It's a Summer Film.

VCinema

Sep 5, 2021 • Subscribe

It’s a summer film (2021) review [Camera Japan Festival]

“A highly entertaining film that offers a nostalgic and touching dive into youthful passion and romantic feelings and lighthearted celebration of indie-filmmaking and often-forgotten beauty o…

psycho-cinematography

Sep 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Kirara

Love, Live, and Goldfish (2021) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

“While Makabe’s narrative does not offer anything truly new or groundbreaking, what it does brings to the table is served with excellence.”

psycho-cinematography

Aug 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

A Night in Nude (1993) [Film Review]

A Night in Nude; or, Life on Lease       Whatever it is, we do it for you, so you don’t have to do it. The late Takashi Ishii…

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Jul 14, 2023 • Subscribe

New Trailer for Naoko Ogigami's Latest Film "Rent-a-Cat"

by Marc Saint-Cyr One of the more accomplished filmmakers in the independent Japanese film scene today is Naoko Ogigami. With such films a...

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Apr 14, 2012 • Subscribe

Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Ninja Girl シュシュシュの娘（こ）Director: Yu Irie (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021] is a quirky contemporary ninja action comedy/political satire. It plays on Sunday, August 15th at 5:30pm at…

Genkinahito

Aug 4, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of the Japanese Titles at the New York Asian Film Festival 2021 (August 06th – 22nd)

A Preview of the Japanese Titles (and some from other countries) at the New York Asian Film Festival 2021 (August 06th – 22nd) – here are the films…

Genkinahito

Jul 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Back with new content and a new PC

Alright then… first post of 2016. Sorry about the sudden disappearance of new posts. What was supposed to be a month-long break from the blog for school turned…

竜国の戦場 ~オタクSPOT~

Feb 14, 2016 • Subscribe

Cardcaptor Sakura

Back with new content and a new PC

Alright then... first post of 2016. Sorry about the sudden disappearance of new posts. What was supposed to be a month-long break from the blog for school turned…

竜国の戦場

Feb 14, 2016 • Subscribe

Cardcaptor Sakura

Live-action film retrospective (2021)

Before I continue with the anime and games, as well as the usual end-of-month post, I have one more piece of old business from last year to complete:…

Everything is bad for you

Jan 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Asakusa Kid (2021) [Film Review]

Asakusa Kid; or, Make’em Laugh      Listen, Take. Don’t suck up to your audience. You tell them what’s funny. I have been waiting patiently ...

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Dec 17, 2021 • Subscribe

Bubble

Japan Foundation Film Tour 2021

By Jasper Sharp. The ongoing Coronavirus crisis may have disrupted many aspects of the cultural calendar, but it is heartening to report that one the Japan Foundation UK…

All the Anime

Jan 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Violet Evergarden, Purpose in Pain, and a New Geek Devotional

Today on Beneath the Tangles, I’m happy to present a sample devotional from Thy Geekdom Come (Vol. 2), the latest release from Mythos Ink. Written by Shaneen Thompson,…

Beneath the Tangles

Apr 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Violet Evergarden

A new record! Fall 2021 – Weeks 3/4

Something of an unusual occurrence this season, and a second that almost happened…  Plus it’s week three, that infamous week, and time to take a look at which shows…

Apprentice Mages Lounge.

Nov 4, 2021 • Subscribe

My Blood and Bones in a Flowing Galaxy (2021) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative, due to its emotionally gripping finale and the crystal-clear manner by which Sabu explores and uncovers the impact of a vicious environment on the way…

psycho-cinematography

Jun 17, 2021 • Subscribe