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Splendid Float (豔光四射歌舞團, Zero Chou, 2004)

A taoist priest/itinerant drag performer struggles to accept her loss when her lover is drowned at sea in Zero Chou’s melancholy meditation on grief and impossibility

Windows on Worlds

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掌に眠る舞台

Yōko Ogawa’s 2022 collection 掌に眠る舞台 contains eight stories connected by the broad theme of “stages.” Some stories are about the world of performing arts, while others take an…

Contemporary Japanese Literature

Jun 30, 2024 • Subscribe

Unico

Sherlock Hound – Episode 6

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am utterly thrilled to be returning to Sherlock Hound, that shimmering jewel of ‘80s anime elevated by…

Wrong Every Time

Oct 28, 2023 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Sherlock Hound – Episode 5

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I’m positively bouncing in my seat in excitement over our return to Sherlock Hound, that delightful fusion of…

Wrong Every Time

Oct 8, 2022 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Sherlock Hound – Episode 2

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I thought we’d continue our journey through Sherlock Hound, that beautiful collaboration between TMS Entertainment and the Italian…

Wrong Every Time

Jun 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Sherlock Hound – Episode 3

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I thought we’d take in a fresh episode of Sherlock Hound, largely because I am having a delightful…

Wrong Every Time

Jul 25, 2022 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Sherlock Hound – Episode 4

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am eager to return to Sherlock Hound, which most recently obliterated my expectations via its first Hayao…

Wrong Every Time

Aug 29, 2022 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Sherlock Hound – Episode 1

Hello everyone, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I thought we’d do some exploring of another classic anime production, as we check out the first episode…

Wrong Every Time

May 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

TV: Sherlock (Series 1)

The famous Sherlock Holmes is back at it again on your television screen! Or at least he was... Sherlock  has since been completed back in 2...

Celestial Moon Entertainment Reviews

Feb 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound Anime Series Review

Whether or not the many adventures Sherlock Hound goes on in this series are new takes on old classics or completely new adventures, they're wacky and enjoyable if…

Anime News Network - Views

Jun 20, 2024 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Manga Pulse 372: Perfect Sherlock

Can you imagine if there was a Rick and Morty manga? The combined smugness of the weebs and R&M fans would be enough to destroy the world as…

Anime Pulse

Jan 23, 2018 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound: Steampunk Cartoony Adventures

Background, Hayao Miyazaki, and Nausicaa There are so many cool details about the production of this show. Especially since it has a lot of legal issues behind it…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

Feb 8, 2023 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 2

Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/waruideshou This episode is a Patron Unlock! Our patreon supporters are given early access to these episodes. If you’d like to experience them when…

warui deshou

Nov 6, 2019 • Subscribe

Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 6

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warui deshou

Dec 9, 2019 • Subscribe

Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 8

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warui deshou

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Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 7

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warui deshou

Dec 11, 2019 • Subscribe

Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 4

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warui deshou

Nov 21, 2019 • Subscribe

Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 3

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warui deshou

Nov 14, 2019 • Subscribe

Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 1

Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/waruideshou This episode is a Patron Unlock! Our patreon supporters are given early access to these episodes. If you’d like to experience them when…

warui deshou

Nov 1, 2019 • Subscribe

Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Second Stream: Kabukicho Sherlock – Episode 5

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warui deshou

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Case File nº221: Kabukicho

Joseph Bell: The Real-Life Sherlock Holmes

Do you know who was the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes? I know I certainly didn’t. But I came across the name Dr Joseph Bell, and this man is…

The Spooky Red Head Blog

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Famous Detective Holmes ( AKA Sherlock Hound) (1984)

I take a look back at a an anthropomorphic classic of yesteryear.

Animehead's Retroworld

Jul 13, 2020 • Subscribe

Sherlock Hound

Twilight Cinema Blues (銀平町シネマブルース, Hideo Jojo, 2023)

A moribund cinema becomes a place of hope for the lost and hopeless in Hideo Jojo’s ode to a struggling institution.

Windows on Worlds

Feb 5, 2024 • Subscribe

The Way We Keep Dancing (狂舞派3, Adam Wong, 2020)

A collective of artists finds itself torn between complicity and resistance in the face of rising gentrification in Wong’s musical dance drama

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Mar 21, 2021 • Subscribe

The Town of Headcounts (人数の町, Shinji Araki, 2020)

A disaffected young man gets a fresh start in a utopian community but quickly becomes disillusioned in Shinji Araki’s slick dystopian thriller

Windows on Worlds

Mar 13, 2021 • Subscribe

Jungle Block (地図のない町, Ko Nakahira, 1960)

A jaded doctor finds himself fixating on vengeance when the slum he lives in is targeted for redevelopment in Ko Nakahira’s searing noir.

Windows on Worlds

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Anime Taste Testing: Kabukichou Sherlock and Hoshiai no Sora

And the winner for most outlandish premiere of the season goes to… Kabukichou Sherlock/Case File nº221: Kabukicho The biggest problem (and really the only one I could focus…

OTAKU LOUNGE

Oct 13, 2019 • Subscribe

No S**T Sherlock- First Impressions: Yuukoku no Moriarty

Hello all and welcome back to Otaku Thursday! And happy December! I hope you guys are ready for the middle/end of the month when we bring you our…

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Dec 3, 2020 • Subscribe

Moriarty the Patriot

Sanka: Nomads of the Mountain (山歌, Ryohei Sasatani, 2022)

A young man finds himself caught between the new Japan and the old while befriending the last remnants of a nomadic people in Ryohei Sasatani’s poetic drama.

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Aug 18, 2023 • Subscribe

colorless 猿楽町で会いましょう Dir: Takashi Koyama (2020)

colorless 猿楽町で会いましょう Dir: Takashi Koyama (2020) is a well-acted drama about the grit behind the glitz of Shibuya’s fashion industry.

Genkinahito

Feb 22, 2021 • Subscribe

Song of the Flower Basket (花籠の歌, Heinosuke Gosho, 1937)

The daughter of a tonkatsu shop finds herself with an overabundance of suitors in Heinosuke Gosho’s generally cheerful yet occasionally dark melodrama.

Windows on Worlds

Apr 30, 2023 • Subscribe

Izumo, Shigeru

A Song I Remember ひとつの歌 Dir: Kyoshi Sugita (2012)

A Song I Remember    ひとつの歌 「Hitotsu no Uta」 Release Date: October 13th, 2012 Duration: 102 mins. Director: Kyoshi Sugita Writer: Kyoshi Sugita (Script),  Starring: Takenori Kaneko, Yuri…

Genkinahito

Jan 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Listen Before You Sing (聽見歌 再唱, Yang Chih-lin, 2021)

A school under threat of closure pins its hopes on an indigenous choir in Yang Chih-lin’s cheerful social drama

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Oct 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Break Out (行き止まりの挽歌 ブレイクアウト, Toru Murakawa, 1988)

A maverick cop realises he can only enforce the law by breaking it in Toru Murakawa’s hardboiled ’80s noir.

Windows on Worlds

May 29, 2023 • Subscribe

SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 Director: Ryohei Sasatani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 Director: Ryohei Sasatani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Genkinahito

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SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 Director: Ryohei Sasatani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] Rewrite

SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 Director: Ryohei Sasatani [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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A Town Not on the Map / 地図のない町 / Chizu no mai machi (aka ‘The Jungle Block’, 1960)

Obscure Japanese Film #127 Yoko Minamida Ryoji Hayama   Shinsuke (Ryoji Hayama) is a young doctor who has had to resign from his post at a...

Martin Dowsing

Aug 25, 2024 • Subscribe

Colorful

Episode #71 (S9E9) – Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance [修羅雪姫 怨み恋歌] (1974)

For the final episode of the season, Perry is joined by returning guest Joshua Cervenka to discuss Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance. And while there are some…

Japan On Film

Jul 6, 2023 • Subscribe

An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An Interview with Ryohei Sasatani, Director of SANKA: Nomads of the Mountains 山歌 [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] – Available in Japanese and English!

Genkinahito

Aug 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (封神第一部：朝歌风云, Wuershan, 2023)

A prince’s ambition destabilises a kingdom in the first instalment of Wuershan’s epic trilogy inspired by the Investiture of the Gods.

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Sep 25, 2023 • Subscribe

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 極私的エロス　恋歌１９７４ Director: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi (1974)

Extreme Private Eros: Love Song 1974 極私的エロス　恋歌１９７４ Director: Kazuo Hara Producer: Sachiko Kobayashi (1974)

Genkinahito

Jun 23, 2021 • Subscribe

Get ’em All (「みな殺しの歌」より　拳銃よさらば, Eizo Sugawa, 1960)

A recently released young man is forced onto a nihilistic path of meaningless violence when his bank robber brother is killed in a hit and run in Eizo…

Windows on Worlds

Jan 27, 2023 • Subscribe