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JFF16 - Bunny Drop
うさぎドロップ Sabu (Hiroyuki Tanaka), 2011 As I wrote before, this year’s Japanese Film Festival program boasted an abundance of tear-j...
JFF16 - Rurouni Kenshin
るろうに剣心 Keishi Otomo, 2012 Rurouni Kenshin is without a doubt, THE blockbuster of JFF16. The first screening in Sydney…
Megumi, Rurouni Kenshin, Samurai X Recap, Rurouni Kenshin: Review Special
JFF16 - Tenchi: The Samurai Astronomer
天地明察 Yojiro Takita, 2012 When I first looked over this year’s film festival program, one film jumped out at me before any of the…
JFF16 - AKB48: The Show Must Go On
少女たちは傷つきながら、夢を見る Eiki Takahashi, 2012 I’ll be honest. This was the film I was looking forward to the most; the documentary of…
JFF16 - Love Strikes!
モテキ Hitoshi Ōne, 2011 First film up, chosen purely for the reason that I wasn’t rostered on to do any volunteering this night.…
16th Japanese Film Fest!
スタート！ It certainly has been a long time between posts, something that will no doubt be replaced with a fast and furious barrage of wr...
Berserk: Egg of the King
ベルセルク覇王の卵 Toshiyuki Kubooka, 2012 ReelAnime 4/4 I was saving Berserk for last. Right off the bat, I had a…
Children Who Chase Lost Voices
星を追う子ども Makoto Shinkai, 2011 ReelAnime 3/4 So we have reached the second half of Madman's ReelAnime 2012. While I did…
Wolf Children
おおかみこどもの雨と雪 Mamoru Hosoda, 2012 Reel Anime 2/4 Mamoru Hosoda is the most exciting director currently working in…
From Up On Poppy Hill
コクリコ坂から Goro Miyazaki, 2011 Reel Anime 1/4 Madman's ReelAnime 2012 has kicked off around Australia, showcasing four new anime film...
Only Yesterday, Spirited Away, Wolf Children, From Up on Poppy Hill
Kanazawa Film Festival 2012
If the world ends this year, it won't be because of the whole "2012: End of Days" thing. It will have nothing to do with the Mayan…
MIFFburger #8 (Final): HIMIZU
ヒミズ Sion Sono, 2011 And so my MIFF comes to a close for 2012 with the final film on my…
MIFFburger #7: For Love's Sake
愛と誠 Takashi Miike, 2012 For Love’s Sake was the third and final Takashi Miike film that made the cut for MIFF 2012,…
MIFFburgers #5&6: Momo and Mishima
Film festivals can be dangerous. There is so much on offer, you're bound to pick a few duds. So here they are, two in one day no less!…
MIFFburger #4: I Wish
奇跡 Hirokazu Koreeda, 2011 I was a bit concerned to be writing about another Hirokazu Koreeda film so soon…
MIFFburger #3: HARA KIRI - Death of a Samurai
一命 Takashi Miike, 2011 Two Miike's down, one to go. Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai is a remake of…
MIFFburger #2: Like Someone in Love
Abbas Kiarostami, 2012 Fresh out of the Cannes Film Festival, Like Someone in Love is a truly international collaboration.…
MIFFburger #1: ACE ATTORNEY
逆転裁判 Takashi Miike, 2012 We all have distinct memories of movie watching from our childhood. For me, going…
Ace Attorney, Legend of the Crystals: Final Fantasy, Phoenix
MIFF Countdown
The Melbourne International Film Festival kicks off next week and there are a grand total of nine Japanese films (although some of whi...
Cold Fish
冷たい熱帯魚 Sion Sono, 2010 Cold Fish is the…
Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs
ゼロ課の女：赤い手錠 Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs. Yukio Noda, 1974 It's time for another unbelievably trashy exploitation film, so leave your ...
Pom Poko
平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ Isao Takahata, 1994 As I have touched on previously, the famous works of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli…
Still Walking
歩いても 歩いても Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008 Soon after watching Hirokazu Koreeda’s Nobody Knows , I quickly sought out and watched his 2008 fi...
Nobody Knows
誰も知らな い Hirokazu Koreeda, 2004 The breakdown of the modern family unit is a recurring theme for many Japanese…
Sex and Fury
不良姐御伝 猪の鹿お蝶 Norifumi Suzuki, 1973 L ast time I went to Japan I had the good fortune to meet a very interesting man who was…