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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: 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: 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: 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: 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

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

Tora-san, Wish you were here (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2020]

“Yamada’s latest offers not only a powerful homage to the late great Kiyoshi Atsumi but also a moving nostalgic ride along many of the iconic scenes of the…

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May 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Blind Bombing, Filmed by a Bat (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2020]

 Introduction Kota Takeuchi is man of many creative talents, but whatever he does – be it painting, filming, or sculpting – it is related to historical or contemporary…

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Jul 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie time: Canary (2023) review

Taka Jeremy Tsubota confirms his talent as director.

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May 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Canary

Talking The Pictures (2019) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“Mayayuki’s celebration of cinematic history deeply satisfies the spectator’s desire to see cinema as an experience that can touch our being and the art of the benshi triumph.&#82…

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Sep 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Short movie time: Laundromat on the Corner (2020)

“A very pleasant horror-romance short narrative.”

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Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Wonderful Paradise (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Epoy Deyto reviews Masashi Yamamoto's eccentric comedy Wonderful Paradise.

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Sep 23, 2021 • Subscribe

B/B (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Grant Watson reviews Kosuke Nakahama’s debut feature B/B.

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Sep 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Town Without Sea (2020) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“A visually engaging narrative about the nature of happiness and the importance of desire that is highly relevant for Japanese youth.”

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Sep 15, 2021 • 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: 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: 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 Review: Natsuko (2020) [OAFF 2022]

“A splendid debut by Shuna Iijima.”

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Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

The Blue Danube (Japan, 2020) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Epoy Deyto reviews Akira Ikeda's anti-war satire The Blue Danube.

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Sep 16, 2021 • 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

Among Four of Us (Japan, 2020) [OAFF 2021/JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Jason Maher reviews Mayu Nakamura’s short Among Four of Us.

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Aug 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie time: Psychology counsellor (2021)

“A thrilling masterpiece.”

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Feb 28, 2022 • 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

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: 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: 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 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: 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

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

Hand (2022) review [Japan Cuts 2023]

Matsui avoids delivering an exploitative erotic piece merely to be enjoyed by male audiences.

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Aug 22, 2023 • Subscribe

Single8 (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2023]

Konaka offers the spectator a heartwarming invitation to re-find, within oneself, one’s (nearly extinguished) passion for creation.

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Aug 16, 2023 • Subscribe

Winny (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2023]

Matsumoto offers a serene insight in how the Other of the law curtails a subject and, indirectly, sabotages the prospects of a new industry.

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Aug 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Plastic (2023) review [Japan Cuts 2023]                

Miyazaki creates a moody narrative that highlights the equivocal functionality of music for the subject as well as the destructive impact of not being able to create an…

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Aug 19, 2023 • 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

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: 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

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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: 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: 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

Kiba: Fangs of Fiction (2021) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“Daihachi Yoshida succeeds in turning Shiota’s interesting story and fascinating world of publishing and bookstores into an engaging and pleasant filmic narrative.”

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Aug 31, 2021 • Subscribe

Kiba

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: Sad Girl (2021) [JFFH 2023]

A pleasant comical romance narrative.

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Jul 10, 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

Songs of the “Whales”

This is one of those stories that drops you in the middle of things and tries to explain some aspects of this odd and strange life that you…

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May 13, 2021 • Subscribe

The Forest of Love Movie (2019) Review

It's impossible to rate a Sion Sono film; to him, it's either hit or a miss. The Forest of Love is a HIT. A must watch.

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Oct 13, 2019 • Subscribe

Juliet, Loveless, Colorful

Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction (Japan, 2021) [JAPAN CUTS 2021]

Arthi Vasudevan reviews Daihachi Yoshida’s workplace comedy Kiba: The Fangs of Fiction.

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Sep 5, 2021 • Subscribe

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Short Movie Time: Kitten (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Yamaguchi elegantly underlines the importance of showing one’s Otherness to the other and the problematic nature of succumbing to the seduction of deceiving oneself by reflecting sameness to…

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Feb 5, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: My Wings Became My Legs (2022) review [JFHH 2023]

A pleasant comical short that highlights that the idea of adulthood is a suffocating but unattainable ideal.

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Jul 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Similarity (2022) review [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

A highly enjoyable short by Kiichiro Kimura.

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Feb 14, 2023 • Subscribe