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Chicago Japan Film Collective – House of Sayuri

I actually stumbled upon knowledge about the Chicago Japan Film Collective (CJFC) back in 2023. Due to moving and timing though I wasn’t able to attend the screenings,…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

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House of Sayuri (サユリ, Koji Shiraishi, 2024) [Fantasia 2024]

An excited family discover the perils of buying a “used” home in Koji Shiraishi anarchic haunted house horror House of Sayuri

Windows on Worlds

Aug 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Chicago Japan Film Collective 2024 (November 14th-24th)

A look at the 11 films at the Chicago Japan Film Collective 2024 (Nov. 14 – 24) – two in cinemas and nine to stream online via SAKKA

Genkinahito

24 days ago • Subscribe

Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 25th to 31st)

Information on the Nine Japanese Films Playing at the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 25th to 31st)

Genkinahito

May 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Nine

Stream Contemporary Japanese Film with the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 21st to 30th 2022)

Information on the Japanese Films Playing as part of the Chicago Japan Film Collective (May 21st to 30th)

Genkinahito

May 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Meet Director Koji Uehara

Unbound by genre or convention, Uehara is actively involved in both mainstream and underground music, primarily in the Kansai area. He is the vocalist of a rock…

News - Chicago Japan Film Collective

May 11, 2022 • Subscribe

House of Sayuri (2024) review [Fantasia Film Festival]

The thoughtful manipulation of this atmospheric field is integral to create an effective and engaging genre-blend.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Japanese Films at the Chicago Film Festival 2023

A Preview of the Chicago International Film Festival 2023 – October 11 to 22 – Monster, Evil Does Not Exist, The Boy and the Heron, Before Anyone Else,…

Genkinahito

Sep 20, 2023 • Subscribe

The Boy and the Heron

Director Spotlight #6: “House of Sayuri”

Born on June 1, 1973, in Fukuoka Prefecture, Shiraishi made his mark on the film scene with Violent Man (1997), co-directed with Akihiro Kasai, which won the Screenplay…

News - Chicago Japan Film Collective

20 days ago • Subscribe

Hell Girl

Raging Grace (2023) Director: Paris Zarcilla [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Raging Grace (2023), by director Paris Zarcilla, cleverly offers a balance of social commentary and historical horror that emerges in the experiences of a carer living in present-day…

Genkinahito

Dec 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Before Anyone Else (2023) Director: Tetsuya Mariko [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Before Anyone Else (2023), by director Tetsuya Mariko, is a very atmospheric and well-acted short film set in Chicago. A gritty and believable ride done with restraint and…

Genkinahito

Dec 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Chicago International Film Festival – Cloud

When I was getting in line for this film, I was genuinely surprised at how long the line was. This particular film probably had the biggest turn out…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

16 days ago • Subscribe

Monster  怪物 (2023) Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Monster 怪物 (2023), by director Hirokazu Kore-eda, is a Rashomon-like story about how misapprehension can cause problems and hide people’s suffering. [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]…

Genkinahito

Dec 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Chicago International Film Festival – My Sunshine

Another beautiful day in Chicago, and it was another film in theaters due to the Chicago International Film Festival. I was really lucky that I snagged a ticket,…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

18 days ago • Subscribe

Kpop Concerts in Chicago 2024

A full list of Kpop concerts in Chicago, IL in 2024. This also includes Milwaukee, WI and Madison, WI which is within a 90 min drive of Chicago.…

Tsundoku Life

May 11, 2024 • Subscribe

Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 (2023) Director: Um Tae-hwa [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Concrete Utopia 콘크리트 유토피아 (2023), directed by Um Tae-hwa, is a disaster movie that marries together an apocalyptic earthquake and the dog-eat-dog world of home ownership in Korea. [Chicago…

Genkinahito

Dec 18, 2023 • Subscribe

The Box Man, Sayuri, We Don’t Know Love Yet, Last Mile, Japanese Film Trailers

The Box Man, Sayuri, We Don’t Know Love Yet, Last Mile, Japanese Film Trailers

Genkinahito

Aug 21, 2024 • Subscribe

Chicago International Film Festival – Super Happy Forever

I headed out once again to Chicago, for the Chicago International Film Festival. With the Kore-eda retrospective finished, there were still three other Japanese films in the lineup…

Phoenix Talks Pop Culture Japan

22 days ago • Subscribe

An Interview with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves” [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

An Interview done with Kazuya Shiraishi, Director of “Last of the Wolves,” as part of the New York Asian Film Festival 2021!

Genkinahito

Sep 20, 2021 • Subscribe

An Interview with Tetsuya Mariko, Director of Before Anyone Else (2023) [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

An Interview with “Before Anyone Else” (2023) director Tetsuya Mariko, where he goes into the making of his atmospheric film. [Chicago International Film Festival 2023]

Genkinahito

Dec 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Bushido (碁盤斬り, Kazuya Shiraishi, 2024)

A stoical ronin’s peaceful life is disrupted by a face from the past in Kazuya Shiraishi’s elegantly lensed period drama.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 25, 2024 • Subscribe

Snowdrop スノードロップ Director: Kota Yoshida [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Snowdrop スノードロップ, by director Kota Yoshida, is a socially conscious domestic drama/character study that looks at the welfare system via a woman chased by the trauma of abandonment…

Genkinahito

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Lesson in Murder 死刑にいたる病 Director: Kazuya Shiraishi [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Lesson in Murder is a fine Kazuya Shiraishi production that adapts a novel for the big screen. Although slow, the performances will enrapture viewers. Lesson in Murder 死刑にいたる病 Director: Kazuya Shir…

Genkinahito

Jul 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Last of the Wolves 孤狼の血 LEVEL2 Director: Kazuya Shiraishi (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Last of the Wolves 孤狼の血 LEVEL2 Director: Kazuya Shiraishi (2021) [New York Asian Film Festival 2021]

Genkinahito

Aug 15, 2021 • Subscribe

JFF+ Japanese Film Festival Online: Japanese Films Available to Stream in 2024

Stream Japanese Indie Movies via Japanese Film Festival+ – Titles Available: An Artisan’s Legacy, Tsunekazu Nishioka, Hey! Our dear Don-chan, Lonely Glory, Bon Uta A Song From Home,…

Genkinahito

May 26, 2024 • Subscribe

Falling Into Place Director: Aylin Tezel [Glasgow International Film Festival 2024]

Falling Into Place, by director: Aylin Tezel, is a beautifully shot story of a couple struggling through personal problems to realise their romance that is told in an…

Genkinahito

Mar 1, 2024 • Subscribe

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…

Genkinahito

Jul 18, 2024 • Subscribe

On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Black comedy and painful humiliation abound as a mismatched couple vie for control in the black comedy On a Boat オン・ア・ボート (2024) Director: Heso [Osaka Asian Film Festival…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Berlin International Film Festival 2024 (February 15-25)

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Feb 13, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Cinema at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

The good folks from the BFI have just sent us details of the upcoming Japanese films that'll be show cased at the BFI London Film Festival 2...

Otaku News - World Edition

Oct 9, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2024 – September 26th to October 06th – will screen HAPPYEND, Super Happy Forever, Living in Two…

Genkinahito

Sep 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the BFI London Film Festival 2024 – October 9 to 20 – with films plucked from festivals from earlier in the…

Genkinahito

Sep 9, 2024 • Subscribe

The Colors Within

Japanese Films at the Rotterdam International Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the Japanese Films Programmed for the International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024

Genkinahito

Jan 15, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024) Director: Sawako Fukuoka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024] Second Draft

Sumiko 22 スミコ22 (2024), sees editor/writer/director Sawako Fukuoka draw upon her own experiences to make a quirky comedy/drama about the everyday pressures and small-scale strangeness experienced b…

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

Suton すとん Director: Rikako Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Suton すとん, by director Rikako Watanabe. is a quietly affecting character study where a young woman’s life is marked by the poignancy of aging and separation and also…

Genkinahito

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023) Director: Elene Naveriani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (2023), by director Elene Naveriani, is a touching late coming-of-age film about a 48-year-old woman in a Georgian village growing into herself after a near-death…

Genkinahito

Mar 6, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese and Korean Films at the Glasgow Film Festival 2024

A Preview of the One Japanese Film at the Glasgow Film Festival 2022

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Feb 6, 2024 • Subscribe

The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme 2024 Japanese Guests Appearances

The good folks from the The Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme have sent us details of special Japanese guest appearances around the UK...

Otaku News - World Edition

Feb 1, 2024 • Subscribe

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...

Japachickyburgers

Dec 2, 2012 • Subscribe

Thermae Romae, Thermae Romae Specials

Millennium Actress & Japanese Film

By Jonathan Clements. Millennium Actress comes loaded to the brim with references to Japanese film, although many of them, perhaps for legal reasons, have been tweaked a little…

All the Anime

Dec 28, 2020 • Subscribe

Millennium Actress

Toshiaki Toyoda’s Uprising 2021 in Chicago and A New Toyoda Film

Details on Toshiaki Toyoda’s Uprising 2021 in Chicago and crowdfunding for his new film.

Genkinahito

Mar 22, 2021 • Subscribe

City of Wind (2023) Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

City of Wind (2023), by director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, is a perfectly-crafted portrait of Mongolian youth that looks at the way modernity and tradition, social order and individuality affect…

Genkinahito

Mar 4, 2024 • Subscribe

The Winter of 1905 (1981) Director: Yu Wei-Cheng [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

The Winter of 1905 (1981), directed by Yu Wei-Cheng, is a solid dramatisation of Li Shutong’s time in Japan and the influences that would lead him to become…

Genkinahito

Mar 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Haruka Shiraishi - Michi no Kanata

Rating : 74/100 As of today, Ive gotten through quite a few Fire Emblem games, with varying degrees of completion. Ive played the NES Switch port of Fire…

joyousmenma93

Mar 23, 2023 • Subscribe

Fire Emblem, Pretty Cure

Pure Japanese (2022) [Film Review]

Pure Japanese; or, Bilateral Frenzy      Raised right paws beckon fortune, raised left paws beckon people. Both paws raised means beckoning ...

Watching Asia Film Reviews

Jul 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Their collective masterpiece: Urusei Yatsura

How did Yoshinori Kanada go from being “merely” a very talented animator to one of the most influential members of the anime industry? That’s a fascinating question, and…

Animétudes

Mar 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Urusei Yatsura, Magical Princess Minky Momo, OZ, Tetsujin 28

Japanese, Korean, and Other Asian Films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024

A preview of the Japanese and Korean films at the Cannes Film Festival 2024, which runs from May 14 to the 25

Genkinahito

May 3, 2024 • Subscribe

Japanese Films at the Busan International Film Festival 2024 (02nd-11th October)

A Preview of the Japanese Films at the Busan International Film Festival 2024 (02nd-11th October)

Genkinahito

Sep 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Swimming