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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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Jun 23, 2024 • Subscribe

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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Jul 13, 2024 • 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: Honeymoon (2021) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“A pleasing narrative about the arbitrariness of language and culture.”

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Nov 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Born Pisces (2020) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“Yamanaka does not only reaffirm that she has talent but also that she improved her compositional style and her storytelling.”

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Jan 14, 2022 • Subscribe

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Short Movie Time: Go Seppukku Yourselves (2021) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“An enthralling audiovisual experience and a powerful critique of the Japanese political system.”

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Oct 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Bath House of Whales (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2020]

Introduction Mizuki Kiyama’s graduation short film Bath House of Whales is a creative reworking of her memories of accompanying her mother, a person of Korean descent living in…

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Oct 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Neu Mirrors (2024) review

Keishi Kondo offers the spectator an unsettling illustration of the Lacanian gaze.

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Nov 28, 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

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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Mar 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Melody

JAPAN CUTS Announces 2024 Lineup

At Japan Society New York from July 10 to 21

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Jul 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Yamome (2018)

A pleasant short film that highlights that deception in romance finds its ultimate support in the subject’s desire to be loved.

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Aug 1, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Transmission (2019)

A short experiment that succeeds in engaging the spectator and keep him on the edge of his seat until the very end.

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Apr 27, 2021 • Subscribe

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

Special - Japan Cuts Film Festival 2024

  Table of Contents Hello everyone, Once again this year, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Japan Cuts 2024 film…

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Jul 21, 2024 • Subscribe

Kubi (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

One of best period dramas in recent years.

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Jul 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie time: Psychology counsellor (2021)

“A thrilling masterpiece.”

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Feb 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie time: Canary (2023) review

Taka Jeremy Tsubota confirms his talent as director.

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May 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Canary

Short Movie Time: Two Of Us (2019) [Female Gaze – Japan Society]

Negishi proves that she is ready to tackle the daunting task of making a feature film. 

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Dec 28, 2022 • Subscribe

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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Jul 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Long-Term Coffee Break (2022) [Female Gaze – Japan Society]

Fuelled by great performances and a visually pleasant composition, Fujita confronts the spectator with the subjective weight of a symbolic commitment and the phantasmatic nature of marital harmony.

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Jan 18, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Glitch (2022) [JFFH 2023]

A pleasant horror-action that beautifully shows that what can poison the subject is the Other he is subjected to.

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Jun 26, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Kaiju Girl (2022) review

A pleasant short about the need to find a desire to be able to give direction to one’s subject.

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Jul 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Kyonetsu (2017) [JFFH 2020]

An impressive narrative that, due to its short runtime, leaves the spectator wanting more.

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Apr 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Norioka Workshop (2022) review

A great short film that illustrates the necessity as well as the inherent danger of the imaginary dimension in social interactions.

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May 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Kanro (2023) [OAFF 2023]

A simple but effective short that explores inter-subjective distance and the desire to bridge it in a surprising and satisfying way.

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Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Six Singing Women (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2024]

A great narrative, yet one that stumbles over its own thematical fixation

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Aug 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Detouring Blue (2023) (OAFF 2023)

A highly recommended short that touchingly shows that what dooms the subject to the de-subjectifying effect of the societal Other or to the birth of a subjective deadlock…

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Mar 23, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: TOMA #2 (2023) [OAFF 2023]

A touching narrative that explores the difficulty for the subject to give the Othering effect of dementia on a family member a place

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Mar 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Laundromat on the Corner (2020)

“A very pleasant horror-romance short narrative.”

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Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Outsourcing (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A very satisfying satirical short thta shows that, within the job-seeking process, only the image matters.”

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Apr 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Sad Girl (2021) [JFFH 2023]

A pleasant comical romance narrative.

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Jul 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Kubi 首 (2023) Director: Takeshi Kitano [Japan Cuts 2024]

Kubi 首 (2023), directed by Takeshi Kitano, is a historical epic that amps up the violence and sex for satire’s sake as Kitano takes aim at the absurd samurai social…

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Jul 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Bagmati River (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful poetic short that elegantly plays with the contrast between life and death.”

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Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Necessary & unnecessary (2022) review [JFFH 2023]

A quirky little narrative that explores the necessity of forming inter-subjective social bonds.

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Jun 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Reviews

Havent done one of these in a while. *** American History X - 5.5/10. Ah yes, this movie about a guys transformation into a Neo-Nazi and later reformation.…

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Aug 11, 2023 • Subscribe

A Preview of Japan Cuts 2024 (July 10th – July 21st)

Details on the line-up for Japan Cuts 2024 (July 10th – July 21st))

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Jun 10, 2024 • Subscribe

JAPAN CUTS Announces 2023 Lineup

At Japan Society New York July 26 to Aug. 6

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Jun 22, 2023 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Reason To Oblivion (2021) review [JFFH 2022]

A pleasant horror short-narrative that showcases Miyahara’s talent.

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Jul 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie time: North Shinjuku 2055 (2021) review [OAFF 2022]

“A pleasant experimental short.”

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Mar 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie Time: The Stolen Ocean (2022) review [JFFH 2022]

Noaya Asanuma proves that he has a creative voice worth listening too.

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Jul 7, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: How Beautiful Japanese Morning Is (2011) review

By relying on silence to emphasize his elegantly created visual association, Suita succeeds in delivering a quite ironic exploration of the beauty of a Japanese morning.

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Jan 31, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Shall We Love You? (2022) [OAFF 2023]

A nice little heart-warming short that questions the connection between love and happiness.

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Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: The Fish With One Sleeve (2021) review

“Tokaibayashi Tsuyoshi delivers an important narrative that reveals how a societal system, which struggles with the newly-posed riddle of gender, problematizes the integration of the transgen…

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Mar 15, 2022 • Subscribe

Kubi 首 (2023) Director: Takeshi Kitano, Shuta Takahata [Japan Cuts 2024]

Kubi 首 (2023), directed by Takeshi Kitano, is a historical epic that amps up the violence and sex for satire’s sake as Kitano takes aim at the absurd samurai social…

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Jul 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Interview: Author Akihiro Nishino on Bottle George, His New Stop-Motion Animated Film

Following Poupelle of Chimney Town, Nishino tackles addiction in his new stop-motion anime short film.

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Apr 27, 2024 • Subscribe

Poupelle of Chimney Town

The Beauty of Stop-Motion Animation with Bottle George Director Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi

Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi shares what it was like to leave Pixar and how his studio will never shy away from honesty in their work, even when honesty isn't…

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May 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Short Movie Reviews Again

Cardcaptor Sakura The Movie - 8/10. Its been years since Ive last seen this, and now that Ive seen the entire series, I have a better understanding of…

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May 7, 2024 • Subscribe

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Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン Director: Urara Matsubayashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan Cuts 2024]

Director Urara Matsubayashi makes a definitive #MeToo film for the Japanese film industry with her sincere and complex drama Blue Imagine ブルーイマジン [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024 / Japan…

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Jul 18, 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