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Ripples 波紋 (2023) Director: Naoko Ogigami [Nippon Connection 2024]

Ripples 波紋 (2023), written and directed by Naoko Ogigami, [Nippon Connection 2024] [Nippon Connection 2024]

Genkinahito

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LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro [Nippon Connection 2024]

LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023), by director Atsuro Shimoyashiro, gains strength by playing against noir genre expectations and presents a heart-warming tale of people finding connection in ea…

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LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023) Director: Atsuro Shimoyashiro [Nippon Connection 2024] Second Draft

LONESOME VACATION ロンサム　バケーション (2023), by director Atsuro Shimoyashiro, gains strength by playing against noir genre expectations and presents a heart-warming tale of people finding connection in ea…

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May 30, 2024 • Subscribe

December (2023) review [Nippon Connection]

A highly moving and emotionally powerful narrative that explores the struggle of a subject to shake of the winter of his subjectivity.

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Jun 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Kanon

A Look at Nippon Connection 2024 with Florian Höhr, the Festival’s Programmer [Nippon Connection 2024]

A Look at Nippon Connection 2024 with Florian Höhr, the Festival’s Programmer [Nippon Connection 2024] The festival takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to…

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May 27, 2024 • Subscribe

All the Long Nights 夜明けのすべて (2024) Director: Sho Miyake [Nippon Connection 2024 / Japan Cuts 2024]

Beautifully depicted, workmates suffering in silence with mental and physical conditions feel the warmth of human connection in director Sho Miyake’s All the Long Nights 夜明けのすべて (2024)…

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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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Thorns of Beauty (2023) [Nippon Connection 2023]

Hideo’s latest uncovers the deep marks that the thorns of phallic beauty have left on contemporary society.

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Jun 11, 2023 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

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May 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Early Announcements for Nippon Connection 2024

Nippon Connection takes place in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from May 28 to June 2, and there are expected to be around 100 shorts and features programmed. Here…

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Apr 10, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Giant, Phoenix, The Concierge

Egoist (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Matsunaga’s heartfelt and heart-breaking narrative goes beyond the gay-dynamic to show that the lack that injures the subject complicates and radically determines the way he approaches the object…

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Jun 14, 2023 • Subscribe

Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2024

In Frankfurt 28th May 2nd June

Windows on Worlds

May 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2023

In Frankfurt 6th to 111th.

Windows on Worlds

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

A fantastical visual experience like no other.

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Jun 8, 2024 • Subscribe

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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Baby Assassins: 2 babies (2023) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Sakamoto’s latest film has such a irresistible charm that even those who normally shy away of action or comedy narratives will leave satisfied.  

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Jun 8, 2023 • Subscribe

22nd Nippon Connection: Recommendations

This list does not only reveal the variety of unique perspectives that mark Japanese Cinema, but also echoes that what directors, from a cinematic perspective, put into question…

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May 22, 2022 • Subscribe

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

Alien’s Daydream 地球星人（エイリアン）は空想する (2023) Director: Yoshiki Matsumoto [Nippon Connection 2024]

Yoshiki Matsumoto’s Alien’s Daydream 地球星人（エイリアン）は空想する (2023) is a low-budget movie but goes from a mockumentary and multimedia flood aesthetic to utterly beautiful imagery that hints at…

Genkinahito

Jul 2, 2024 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema: Can’t Stop the Dancing, The Day of Destruction, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, A Girl Missing,…

Genkinahito

May 25, 2021 • Subscribe

Special A

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Cinema: Can’t Stop the Dancing, The Day of Destruction, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, A Girl Missing,…

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May 25, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Nippon Visions

A preview of Nippon Connection 2021: the films of the Nippon Visions section – Company Retreat, Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes , Daughters, It’s a Summer Film, Sasaki…

Genkinahito

May 26, 2021 • Subscribe

School Days

Intolerance (2021) [22nd Nippon Connection]

Yoshida’s narrative hits all the right emotional notes for the audience and that its message will long linger in the spectator’s mind.

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Jun 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Backlight (2021) [22nd Nippon Connection]

An elegantly constructed and highly impactful exploration of the inhibiting fear of being rejected by one’s beloved.

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Jun 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Nippon Connection 2021: our recommendations

“While we of course encourage the audience to explore the many films this rich festival has to offer, we do want to introduce our recommendations, films that we…

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May 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Festival Report: Nippon Connection 2012

by Marc Saint-Cyr Those initially scanning the program for the 12th Nippon Connection film festival , hosted in Frankfurt, Germany from...

Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

May 15, 2012 • Subscribe

Jumping, Mirai

It Must Be Love 愛の茶番 Director: Junko Emoto [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

It Must Be Love 愛の茶番, by director Junko Emoto, has actors give fun improvisational performances as egotistic characters driven crazy by love in a film-meets-theatre experiment. [Osaka Asian…

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Mar 8, 2024 • Subscribe

Mondays: See You This Weekend! (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Introduction One successful screening at a reputable film festival has the ability to launch the career of young directors. This year, it might very well be the turn…

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Jun 17, 2023 • Subscribe

I Am What I Am (2022) review [Nippon Connection 2023]

Toko Miura, with her layered performance, gives the emotional struggle of her character its genuine flavour.   

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Jun 20, 2023 • Subscribe

His (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A touching and heartwarming romance drama that captivates the spectator not only because it’s driven by romantic feelings feel genuine, but also because the truth of love is…

psycho-cinematography

Jul 8, 2021 • Subscribe

Popran (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

“A great narrative that questions in a light-hearted way the relation between the male subject and his member as well as the role the real member plays within…

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Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Bolt (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative by Kaizo Hayashi that explores, via the structure fiction, the truth of three different affects – responsibility, guilt, and sadness through loss – during and…

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Jun 11, 2021 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: The Sound of Light

ひかりのおと (Hikari no oto) Released: 2011 Director: Juichiro Yamasaki Starring:  Yoshitomo Fujihisa …

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May 6, 2012 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: About the Pink Sky

ももいろそらを (Momoiro sora o) Released: 2011 Director: Keiichi Kobayashi Starring:  Ai Ikeda Ena…

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The Promised Land (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A beautifully composed and highly relevant narrative about destructive kinds of social violence, a social violence against the Otherness present in the community and an ostracizing violence to…

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Jun 20, 2021 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: The Woodsman and the Rain

キツツキと雨 (Kitsutsuki to ame) Released: 2011 Director: Shûichi Okita Starring:  Kôji Yakusho …

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Whale Bones 鯨の骨 (2023) Director: Takamasa Oe [Japan Cuts 2024]

Takamasa Oe’s social media mystery turns into a satire of living life online as a hapless website worker tries to find a missing AR girl in his beautifully…

Genkinahito

Jul 13, 2024 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Documentaries

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021 – The full line-up of Documentaries: Ainu Neno An Ainu, I Quit, “Being Friends”, Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams, Me and the…

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May 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Just Remembering (2022) review [22nd Nippon Connection]

An experience that will stir the spectator’s unconscious and affect his heart.  

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May 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Stormy Family (2019) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A great narrative that succeeds in exploring the very way that imaginary injuries and resentments erode family bonds, by causing a subjective blindness for the suffering of the…

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Jun 29, 2021 • Subscribe

Megumi

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021: Animation

A Preview of the Animated Films at Nippon Connection 2021: On-Gaku: Our Sound, Seven Days War, Sumikkogurashii: Good to Be in the Corner

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May 28, 2021 • Subscribe

A Preview of Nippon Connection 2021 – Highlights

A preview of Nippon Connection 2021 that offers some highlights: Dance With Me, To the Ends of the Earth, Under the Open Sky, The Day of Destruction, Beyond the…

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May 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Wonderful Paradise (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

A great experiment of the absurd, but its full potential to satisfy the spectator is hindered by its somewhat lackluster composition.  

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Jun 23, 2021 • Subscribe

NIPPON CONNECTION ’12 REVIEW: Die! Directors, Die!

死ね ! 死ね ! シネマ (Shine! Shine! Shinema) Released: 2011 Director: Makoto Shinozaki Starring:  Kyoko Mori …

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Ninja Girl (2021) review [22nd Nippon connection]

“A political satire that will not fail to please audiences, but lacks the thematical punch to make a statement that will long linger in the spectator’s mind.”

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Jun 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Nippon Connection Confirms Full Lineup for 2022!

In Frankfurt 24th – 29th May and online 30th May to 6th June

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Apr 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Under The Open Sky (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“A (damning) look at the vicious and unforgiven nature of the judgmental Other as well as heartwarming emotionally rich exploration of the importance of supportive inter-subjective social bon…

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The Town of Headcounts (2020) review [Nippon Connection 2021]

“His dystopian ‘thriller’ does not only masterly highlight, in a chilling way, the various ills that marks contemporary society, but also shows, that within such dystopian world, a…

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Jun 26, 2021 • Subscribe

Otakon 2023: The Iwao Junko Panel

At Otakon 2023, Iwao Junko (Tomoyo in Cardcaptor Sakura) had a panel focused exclusively on her history and career. This is a summary of the panel, as well…

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Aug 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Cardcaptor Sakura

Visitors – Complete Edition 悪魔がはらわたでいけにえで私 (2024) Director: Kenichi Ugana [Nippon Connection 2024]

Visitors – Complete Edition 悪魔がはらわたでいけにえで私 (2024), by director Kenichi Ugana, serves as an affectionate love letter to splatter horror of the 80s with lots of references to classics like Evil…

Genkinahito

Jun 24, 2024 • Subscribe