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Fly Me To The Saitama: From Biwa Lake with Love (2023) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2024]

A fun romp that works well as an introduction to the cultural diversity that enriches the Japanese archipelago.

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All The Long Nights (2024) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

A splendid drama that shows how symptoms can disturb a subject’s life and how the social field attains its cruel complexity due to the riddle of desire.

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7 days ago • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Social Circles (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

A highly experimental and conceptual experience that might not be for everyone

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Short Movie Time: Nezumikozō Jirokichi (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

The mix of elements supports the film’s aim well, that is to entice spectators to seek out the three films that remain from this somewhat forgotten master

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14 days ago • Subscribe

Fantasia 2024: 6 Japanese films you should not miss.

n this short article, we want to introduce two of our recommendations and four films we look forward to and you should do.

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17 days ago • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

I Was Born, But … (1932) review

What allows Ozu’s exploration of parental failure to retain its power to charm and engage is the very fact that every child needs to go through such phase.

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Kubi (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

One of best period dramas in recent years.

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23 days ago • Subscribe

City Hunter (2024) review

A fun but very forgettable experience.

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City Hunter

Short Movie Time: Bottle George (2024) [Japan Cuts 2024]

An instant stop-motion classic

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Jun 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Hail Mary (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

Nakamura succeeds in making the spectator care for Maria and impact him/her emotionally with her tragedy.   

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Secret: A Hidden Score (2024) review [Nippon connection 2024]

Spectators who like piano and pianists might find something to enjoy in this emotionally impotent narrative.

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Penalty Loop (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

The way Araki resolves the narrative’s thematical questions concerning vengeance and the working-through of trauma will divide spectators

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18×2 Beyond Youthful Days (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

Fujii proves that the tropes of the romance genre can still be exploited in a refreshing and emotionally satisfying manner.

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Jun 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween – decisive battle (2023) review

Hanabusa can finally do what he does well: deliver dramatic moments whose origin lie in narrative twists or in unexpected turns in the bursts of violence.

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Jun 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Tokyo Revengers, Revenger

Yin Yang Master Zero (2024) review [Nippon Connection 2024]

A fantastical visual experience like no other.

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Jun 8, 2024 • Subscribe

A Story Written With Water (1965) review

An exquisitely layered psychological drama that unveils how a subject’s fixation on a phantasmatic image disrupts his ability to commit himself romantically to the female other

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Apr 26, 2024 • Subscribe

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Black Tight Killers (1966)

A stylish and visually dazzling romp with lots of action and sensuality

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Apr 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Yoko (2023) review

A complex full-bodied filmic wine that cannot but stir the spectator’s emotions.

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Apr 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Bad Lands (2023) review

The incredibly well-crafted narrative structure, fuelled by Sakura Ando’s extremely satisfying performance, ensures that the spectator remains engaged from start and finish

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Apr 16, 2024 • Subscribe

Kanon

Undercurrent (2023) review

Imaizumi delivers an engaging but understated emotional experience that explores the deceptive nature of imaginary veil that binds two subjects together.

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Apr 13, 2024 • Subscribe

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Kisaragi Station (2022) review

Thanks to a good narrative structure and pleasant performance this low-budget horror film succeeds in engaging and satisfying the spectator.

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Apr 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Performing Kaoru’s Funeral (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

Yuasa’s narrative shows that the unavoidable presence of death during a funeral can allow a subject to re-route his own trajectory.

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Apr 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Faraway Family (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

A very touching narrative that explores the frail position of the father and how his structural failure can cause subjective struggles and inhibitions.

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Blue Imagine (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A powerful reminder of the sexual transgressions that structurally plague the Japanese film industry

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Snowdrop (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A complex character portrait that touchingly illustrates how easy it is to misrecognize the logic of the subject-supposed-to-be-in-need.

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Mar 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Perfect・Nervous (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

An exquisitely crafted narrative that touchingly shows that a simple encounter, a simple exchange of signifiers, can turn a wish to die into a desire to life.

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Mar 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Wash Away (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A pleasant narrative that offers a fresh but familiar exploration of the subject’s fundamental desire for recognition/love and the problematic yet medicative function of consumption.

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Mar 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: On a Boat (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

The exploration of the frail stability of an obsessional neurotic does not miss its impact on the spectator.

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Melody

Amalock (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A narrative that fluidly combines comedy and tragedy to deliver an experience of smiles and tears.

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Sumiko 22 (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A subtle but playful narrative about a subject who slowly tries to crawl out the hole of emptiness and diminished self-worth.

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Mar 14, 2024 • Subscribe

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Short Movie Time: Ririka of the Star (2024) review [OAFF 2024] 

A narrative that does not merely emphasize the beauty of moving female body, but reveals that such beauty can change subjects.

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Mar 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Memories of this Scent (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

An endearing and fragrance rich tale of subjective change.

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Ask For The Moon (2022) review [OAFF 2024]

A satisfying narrative that illustrates how the subject’s ego is but a response to his complexes and struggles.

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Suton (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

Rikako Watanabe’s narrative succeeds to echo the unvocalized ‘pandemic’ truth of many.

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Tokyo Revengers 2: Bloody Halloween Destiny (2023) review

A prime example of a cinematic narrative that is solely made for the fans of the manga and the anime.

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Feb 28, 2024 • Subscribe

Revenger, Tokyo Revengers

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters (1968) review [The Godzilla Project]

Honda delivers another narrative in which Otherness is feared and a deceptive imaginary sense of societal harmony is subtly celebrated.

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Feb 25, 2024 • Subscribe

Kingdom III: Flame of Destiny (2023) review

A straightforward action-epic that delivers everything fans of the manga and the anime desire.

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Feb 22, 2024 • Subscribe

Monster (2023) review

Kore-eda succeeds in delivering an utterly engaging narrative about the fundamental misunderstanding that underpins our fabrication of our truth.

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Feb 19, 2024 • Subscribe

Immersion (2023) review

Spectators looking for something new and fresh will find little to like about Shimizu’s latest.

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Feb 16, 2024 • Subscribe

The Fall Of Ako Castle (1978) review

Fukasaku has crafted a period piece that, due to its impeccable dramatic pacing, has to be counted among the best

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Feb 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Robinson’s Garden (1988) [Japan Cuts 2021]

“Yamamoto is not able to create a composition that engages the spectator with its highly relevant message.”

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Feb 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Remembering Every Night (2022) review

Kyiyuhara’s narrative brings the spectator in touch in the multitude of subjective effects of the ephemerality of life

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Feb 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead (2023) review

A fun romp, yes, but also quite forgettable.  

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Feb 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Yudo: The Way of the Bath (2023) review

If one, as spectator, merely seeks a heartwarming story, Suzuki’s film is an easy recommendation.

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Feb 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Violence Action (2022) review

A mildly entertaining action-comedy that ultimately fails to fully satisfy the spectator.

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Jan 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Do Unto Others (2023) review

While many spectators will shed tears at the emotional unfolding, our tears lament Maeda’s choice to go full melodrama.

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Jan 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Amiko (2022) review [Japan Cuts 2023]

A fabulous narrative that explores the destructive effects caused by the radical misunderstanding that marks the field of speech and the refusal to speak to one’s child as…

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Jan 23, 2024 • Subscribe

The Execution Game (1979) review

A satisfying and stylish conclusion full of captivating action-sequences.

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Jan 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Kingdom 2: Far and Away (2022) review

An epic and quite emotional experience that sadly fails to reach it full potential by holding on too tight to its shonen-roots.

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Jan 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Kingdom Season 2

Guard from Underground (1992)

Kurosawa’s early slasher is a successful stylistic experiment that anyone who calls himself a fan of Japanese horror should see.

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Jan 5, 2024 • Subscribe