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Noise ノイズ (2017) Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto
This is my V-Cinema review of Yusaku Matsumoto’s film “Noise” from back in 2017.
SAKKA Online Streaming Service Set to Launch “NOISE” by Yusaku Matsumoto on March 24
Details on the streaming debut of Yusaku Matsumoto’s “NOISE” on SAKKA, coming March 24th, 2023.
![Featured image for Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 (2023) Dir: Chihiro Ito [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230319/1679236810.55698.88494.jpg)
Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 (2023) Dir: Chihiro Ito [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人, by director Chihiro Ito, is a visually sumptuous film with a light supernatural story. Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 (2023)…
![Featured image for Hong Kong Family 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230318/1679135410.55623.88409.jpg)
Hong Kong Family 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
Hong Kong Family by director Eric Tsang is a strong ensemble drama that shows he is a promising talent to watch. 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric…
December, Muse Does Not Drown, Shin Kamen Rider, Kumo to Saru no Kazoku, Single8, 17 Club, Miyakojima Monogatari Futata Villa Japanese Film Trailers
December, Muse Does Not Drown, Shin Kamen Rider, Kumo to Saru no Kazoku, Single8, 17 Club, Miyakojima Monogatari Futata Villa, Japanese Film Trailers
![Featured image for Swallow Flying to the South 燕南飛 (2022) Director: Mochi Lin [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230317/1679060410.55569.88347.jpg)
Swallow Flying to the South 燕南飛 (2022) Director: Mochi Lin [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
Swallow Flying to the South 燕南飛, from director Mochi Lin, is an emotionally moving stop-motion animation about her mother’s experiences at a school during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Won…
![Featured image for New Religion ニューレリジョン (2022) Director: Keishi Kondo [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230316/1678962010.55504.88279.jpg)
New Religion ニューレリジョン (2022) Director: Keishi Kondo [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
New Religion ニューレリジョン is a highly-atmospheric horror film from Keishi Kondo who crafts an original story with distinct visuals. It’s one of the best J-horror films I have seen…
![Featured image for Where Love Goes 愛のゆくえ (2023) Director: Fuka Miyajima [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230315/1678890011.55462.88231.jpg)
Where Love Goes 愛のゆくえ (2023) Director: Fuka Miyajima [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
Where Love Goes 愛のゆくえ, from director Fuka Miyajima, is a rich story about love that takes a girl from Hokkaido to Tokyo and back, by way of magical realism.…
![Featured image for The Narrow Road 窄路微塵 (2022) Director: LAM Sum [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230314/1678781410.55393.88150.jpg)
The Narrow Road 窄路微塵 (2022) Director: LAM Sum [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
The Narrow Road 窄路微塵 is director LAM Sum’s moving ode to working-class life in Hong Kong during the Covid-19 pandemic. The Narrow Road 窄路微塵 (2022) Director: LAM Sum…
![Featured image for The Burden of the Past 過去負う者 (2022) Dir: Atsushi Funahashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230313/1678669810.55300.88047.jpg)
The Burden of the Past 過去負う者 (2022) Dir: Atsushi Funahashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
The Burden of the Past by director Atsushi Funahashi is a fierce film about the failure of Japanese society to provide rehabilitation for former criminals. The Burden of the…
![Featured image for December 赦し (2022) Director: Anshul Chauhan [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230312/1678618210.55259.88001.jpg)
December 赦し (2022) Director: Anshul Chauhan [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
December 赦し is director Anshul Chauhan’s third feature film. An impressive courtroom drama, it takes us through a harrowing criminal trial that constantly keeps us empathising with and questi…
![Featured image for Haruna Tanaka Double-Bill: “Shall We Love You?” and “Kanro 甘露” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230311/1678525810.54978.87706.jpg)
Haruna Tanaka Double-Bill: “Shall We Love You?” and “Kanro 甘露” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
Director Haruna Tanaka is subject to a special section at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 where two of her films, “Shall We Love You?” and “Kanro 甘露”, will…
![Featured image for Sekai 世界 (2023) Director: Marina Tsukada [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230311/1678510210.54973.87700.jpg)
Sekai 世界 (2023) Director: Marina Tsukada [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
Sekai 世界, directed by Marina Tsukada, is a rich portrait of two people living in Nagano prefecture. It gently guides us into their inner worlds and exploring them…
Border 경계 (2023) Director: Mai Nakanishi
Border 경계 is an effective micro-budget horror short from director Mai Nakanishi who takes us into a twisted home invasion situation that ends on a disquieting note that…
A Glimpse at the Japanese Films and a Selection of Others at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023
A glimpse at the feast of Japanese films and a few titles that really moved me that are playing at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 (March 10th to…
Torso トルソ Director: Yutaka Yamazaki (2009)
Torso トルソ Director: Yutaka Yamazaki (2009) is a fine drama powered by performances from Makiko Watanabe and Sakura Ando that spotlights the problems with patriarchy.
MUSICAL “Ludwig Beethoven The Piano”, Red Shoes, Tadaima Tsunakan, DOOR (Digitally Restored), Paper City Japanese Film Trailers
MUSICAL “Ludwig Beethoven The Piano”, Red Shoes, Tadaima Tsunakan, DOOR (Digitally Restored), Paper City, Japanese Film Trailers
Asyl: Park and Love Hotel (2008) Director: Izuru Kumasaka
Asyl: Park and Love Hotel (2008) is a fine feature debut by Izuru Kumasaka that gives us four women, the travails they experience, and the peace that emerges…
Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2023
A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2022 (February 16-26)
１９ （ナインティーン） Director: Kazushi Watanabe (2001)
１９ （ナインティーン） Director: Kazushi Watanabe (2001)
Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2023
A preview of the Japanese Films at the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023
Japan Sinks: 2020, Kick-Heart, Lu Over the Wall, Mind Game, Ride Your Wave
Hole in the Sky (2001) Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri
Hole in the Sky (2001) Director: Kazuyoshi Kumakiri is a great character study of a lonely man finding the will to move on after meeting a woman he…
![Featured image for An Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of ANGRY SON [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20230109/1673256610.50813.82887.jpg)
An Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of ANGRY SON [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
An interview with Kasho Iizuka about the making of his film ANGRY SON, shown as part of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022.
Angry Son 世界は僕らに気づかない Dir: Kasho Iizuka
A rewrite of my review for the very worthwhile topical film Angry Son, a meaty drama about the mixed-race experience (Filipino-Japanese) in Japan! 世界は僕らに気づかない Dir: Kasho Iizuka [Osaka…
Trapped Balloon, ippo, Blind Mind, The Hitmen – Kakitsu no Uakyu Ikki, Dream Collaboration Festival Japanese Film Trailers
Trapped Balloon, ippo, Blind Mind, The Hitmen – Kakitsu no Uakyu Ikki, Dream Collaboration Festival Japanese Film Trailers
Chiba Film Festival Regular Screening Vol.1 (January 22nd): “In the Distance” and “Haruhara-san’s Recorder”
Details on Chiba Film Festival Regular Screening Vol.1 (January 22nd): “In the Distance” and “Haruhara-san’s Recorder”
Genkina hito’s Top Ten Films of the Year (2022)
The ten films that meant the most to me (and ones I judged to be the highest quality!) of 2022!
Ju-On: Origins 呪怨: 呪いの家 Director: Sho Miyake (2020)
Ju-On: Origins 呪怨: 呪いの家 Director: Sho Miyake (2020) is a largely forgettable entry in the horror franchise.
Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities (Netflix)
Some thoughts on Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities on Netflix
Amnesiac Love, Wolf The Last Stuntman, Players Talk, At Baywalk, REVOLUTION+1 Japanese Film Trailers
Amnesiac Love, Wolf The Last Stuntman, Players Talk, At Baywalk, REVOLUTION+1, Japanese Film Trailers
Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2023 – Always Evolving – Japanese Cinema Then, Now, and for the Future
A preview of the Japan Foundation’s 2022 Touring Film Programme – trailers, synopses and so forth.
JFF+ INDEPENDENT CINEMA: A Selection of Japanese Independent Films to Stream in 2022/23
Stream Japanese Indie Movies via Japanese Film Festival+ – Titles Available: Double Layered Town / Making a Song to Replace Our Positions, Kaze no Hamon, Wonderwall, Somebody’s Flowers,…
Vin Japonais the story of Nihon Wine, Mayhem Girls, Daradara, Nohoue Nagareru, She Is Me I Am Her Japanese Film Trailers
Vin Japonais the story of Nihon Wine, Mayhem Girls, Daradara, Nohoue Nagareru, She Is Me I Am Her, Japanese Film Trailers
![Featured image for An Interview with Fumito Fujikawa, Director of The Light of Spring [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022/Five Flavours Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20221124/1669285810.47313.78595.jpg)
An Interview with Fumito Fujikawa, Director of The Light of Spring [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022/Five Flavours Film Festival 2022]
An Interview with Fumito Fujikawa, Director of The Light of Spring, a dramamentary that played at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 and is currently screening online at Five…
![Featured image for An Interview with Sae Suzuki, Director of Strangers [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20221114/1668421210.46828.77976.jpg)
An Interview with Sae Suzuki, Director of Strangers [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
STRANGERS tackles gender discrimination and sexual harassment in a heartfelt and interesting way. Director Sae Suzuki talks about how she made it in an interview done in Japanese…
![Featured image for Strangers 人知れず Director: Sae Suzuki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]](https://cdn.aniblogtracker.com/live/20221114/1668420010.46827.77975.jpg)
Strangers 人知れず Director: Sae Suzuki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
Strangers 人知れず Director: Sae Suzuki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] is an effective look at how people can explore thorny issues such as sexual harassment and discrimination in…
Your Lovely Smile, Song of Rain, Taikutsuna Kamometachi, Yume nakaba, Yume no Manimani Japanese Film Trailers
Your Lovely Smile, Song of Rain, Taikutsuna Kamometachi, Yume nakaba, Yume no Manimani Japanese Film Trailers
The Zen Diary, Suzume no Tojimari, Achira ni iru oni, Tsuiso Journey, Nagisa ni Sakuhana, Remember to Breathe, Japanese Film Trailers
The Zen Diary, Suzume no Tojimari, Achira ni iru oni, Tsuiso Journey, Nagisa ni Sakuhana, Remember to Breathe, Japanese Film Trailers
Yamabuki, Hyakusho no Hyaku no Koe, Yokosuka 1953, Tamaneko Tamabito, Kengo Yagawa Showcase: DIGGER, Nou Tenki, Quiet and Evil Japanese Film Trailers
Yamabuki, Hyakusho no Hyaku no Koe, Yokosuka 1953, Tamaneko Tamabito, Kengo Yagawa Showcase: DIGGER, Nou Tenki, Quiet and Evil Japanese Film Trailers
Rampo Noir 乱歩地獄 (2005) Dirs: Suguru Takeuchi, Akio Jissoji, Hisyasu Sato, Atsushi Kaneko
The 2022 Halloween review is the anthology film Rampo Noir 乱歩地獄 (2005) Dirs: Suguru Takeuchi, Akio Jissoji, Hisyasu Sato, Atsushi Kaneko
Call Boy 娼年 (2018) Director: Daisuke Miura
“Call Boy” by director Daisuke Miura is a film that puts female sexuality in front. It is a fun and sexy film with enough psychological elements and eroticism…
Love’s Whirlpool 愛の渦 Director: Daisuke Miura (2014)
Love’s Whirlpool 愛の渦 Director: Daisuke Miura (2014) is a strong drama unafraid to look to look fully at the desire for sex and how it affects different people.
Japanese Films at the Busan International Film Festival 2022 (05th-14th October)
A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Busan International Film Festival 2020 (21st-30th October)
The Inter College Animation Festival 2022 – A Japanese Student Animator Showcase – Online and Region-Free!
Details on The Inter College Animation Festival 2022 – A Japanese Student Animator Showcase – Watch Japanese Animation Online From Anywhere in the World!
Uo no Me, Smoke of Spring Japanese Film Trailers
Uo no Me, Smoke of Spring Japanese Film Trailers
Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2022
A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2022
“Human, This Dramatic Thing”: The Kaito Yoshimura Performance Showcase
A glance at the films that will be screened at “Human, This Dramatic Thing”: a showcase of performances by actor Kaito Yoshimura
B/B, Hell Dogs, Riverside Mukolitta, Silent Parade, Hands, The Nighthawk’s First Love, Drifting Home Japanese Film Trailers
B/B, Hell Dogs, Riverside Mukolitta, Silent Parade, Hands, The Nighthawk’s First Love, Drifting Home Japanese Film Trailers
All Around Us ぐるりのこと。(2008) Director: Ryosuke Hashiguchi
All Around Us ぐるりのこと。by Ryosuke Hashiguchi is a wonderful example of a mature drama that is told with subtlety and intelligence and it deserves to be much better…
Japanese Films at the San Sebastian International Film Festival 2022 (September 16th-24th)
A Preview of the Japanese Films at the San Sebastian Film Festival 2022 (SEPTEMBER 16th-24th)