Fantasy and reality collide in the youth movie A New Wind Blows 新しい風 Dir: Yutaro Nakamura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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A New Wind Blows (新しい風, Yutaro Nakamura, 2021)
A collection of Tokyoites have a very weird New Year in Yutaro Nakamura’s ethereal take on imagined futures and misremembered pasts.
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Among Four of Us 4人のあいだで Dir: Mayu Nakamura (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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A Rainbow-colored Trip にじいろトリップ Dir: Shinji Imaoka (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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Young Birds 雛鳥 Dir: Eriko Izumi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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North Shinjuku 2055 北新宿2055 (2022) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023
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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023
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Bagmati River バグマティ リバー Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
Bagmati River バグマティ リバー 「Bagumati Riba-」 Release Date: 2022 Duration: 29 mins. Director: Yusaku Matsumoto Writer: Yusaku Matsumoto, Kentaro Kishi (Screenplay), Starring: Junko Abe, Kenji Kohas…
A New Wind Blows (2021) review [OAFF 2021]
A great film that shows that the madness of the male subject is often function of a woman, of a woman that unknowingly puts the by a man…
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Ito いとみち Director: Satoko Yokohama (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
“Ito” is a heart-warming comedy drama rich in Aomori’s culture where a girl learning to express herself through time spent at a maid cafe and her shamisen skills.…
Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
POP! provides a slightly surreal, slightly sweet existential crisis. POP! Director: Masashi Komura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Random Call ランダム・コール Dir: Riki Ohkanda [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
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Intimate Stranger 親密な他人 Dir: Mayu Nakamura [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]
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Over the Town 街の上で Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
A charming cringe comedy that takes place in Tokyo’s Shimokitazawa. Over the Town 街の上で Dir: Rikiya Imaizumi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Green Jail 緑の牢獄 Dir: Huang Yin-yu [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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December 赦し (2022) Director: Anshul Chauhan [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
December 赦し is director Anshul Chauhan’s third feature film. An impressive courtroom drama, it takes us through a harrowing criminal trial that constantly keeps us empathising with and questi…
The Sound of Light (2013) Dir: Junichiro Yamasaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
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The Slug 태어나길 잘했어 (2020) Dir: Choi Jin-young (South Korea) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
Hands down, one of the best films at the Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021, I cried multiple times during this heartfelt film about overcoming existential loneliness. The Slug…
City of Wind (2023) Director: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]
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Howling 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
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Keep Rolling 好好拍電影 Dir: Man Lim Chung (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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Joint ジョイント Director: Oudai Kojima (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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At venues across Osaka March 10 to 20 plus 10-film retrospective selection streaming worldwide March 3 to 21
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In Osaka 10th to 19th March.
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Egoist エゴイスト (2022) Dir: Daishi Matsunaga [New York Asian Film Festival 2023]
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Side by Side サイド バイ サイド 隣にいる人 (2023) Dir: Chihiro Ito [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]
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An Interview with Masashi Komura, Director of POP! [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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Three Sisters 세자매 Director: Lee Seung-won (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]
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Alone Again in Fukushima ナオト、いまもひとりっきり Dir: Mayu Nakamura (2021) [Yamagata International Film Festival 2021]
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The Residents 暮らしの残像 Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]
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