Angry Son 世界は僕らに気づかない Dir: Kashou Iizuka [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] by Genkinahito / Anime Blog Tracker

Angry Son 世界は僕らに気づかない Dir: Kasho Iizuka

A rewrite of my review for the very worthwhile topical film Angry Son, a meaty drama about the mixed-race experience (Filipino-Japanese) in Japan! 世界は僕らに気づかない Dir: Kasho Iizuka [Osaka…

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Jan 9, 2023 • Subscribe

Angry Son (世界は僕らに気づかない, Kasho Iizuka, 2022)

A resentful young man comes to a better understanding of his place in the world while searching for his estranged father in Kasho Iizuka’s sensitive coming-of-age drama

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An Interview with Kasho Iizuka, Director of ANGRY SON [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

An interview with Kasho Iizuka about the making of his film ANGRY SON, shown as part of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022.

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Sekai 世界 (2023) Director: Marina Tsukada [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]

Sekai 世界, directed by Marina Tsukada, is a rich portrait of two people living in Nagano prefecture. It gently guides us into their inner worlds and exploring them…

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Mondays: See You “This” Week! (MONDAYS／このタイムループ、上司に気づかせないと終わらない, Ryo Takebayashi, 2022)

Harried office workers must get through to their dejected salaryman boss if they’re to escape a workplace time loop in Ryo Takebayashi’s zany corporate comedy.

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Jun 23, 2023 • Subscribe

Boy, Sprouted 少年、なにかが発芽する Director: Yuko Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Boy, Sprouted is an off-beat family film that everyone can watch. 少年、なにかが発芽する Director: Yuko Watanabe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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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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Random Call ランダム・コール Dir: Riki Ohkanda [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Mar 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Howling 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Howling is a bleak comedy of the absurd and cruel kind with good acting and direction to sell the story. 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) [Osaka Asian Film…

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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

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Mar 21, 2023 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023

For the second year in a row, the Heroic Purgatory podcast is covering the Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) which took place between March 10 and March 19.…

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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…

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The Sound of Light (2013) Dir: Junichiro Yamasaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

The Sound of Light (2013) Dir: Junichiro Yamasaki is part of Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022’s Online Theater

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Mar 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 Announces Complete Lineup

At venues across Osaka March 10 to 20 plus 10-film retrospective selection streaming worldwide March 3 to 21

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Feb 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022’s Japanese Films

Details on many of the Japanese films that will be screened at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022

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Mar 7, 2022 • Subscribe

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]

Side by Side サイドバイサイド隣にいる人, by director Chihiro Ito, is a visually sumptuous film with a light supernatural story. Side by Side サイドバイサイド隣にいる人 (2023)…

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Perfect Nervous (2024) Dir: Masaru Sano [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2024]

Perfect Nervous (Dir: Masaru Sano, 2024) is a gorgeous short film with fantastical elements as it tells a life-affirming story wherein two young women with incurable body-altering diseases…

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Dead Fishes (僕らはみーんな生きている, Tomoaki Kaneko, 2022)

A young man comes to Tokyo in search of experience but gains more of it than he might have liked in Tomoaki Kaneko’s bleak indie drama.

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May 13, 2024 • Subscribe

North Shinjuku 2055 北新宿2055 (2022) Dir: Daisuke Miyazaki [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Mar 10, 2022 • Subscribe

Young Birds 雛鳥 Dir: Eriko Izumi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Apr 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Our House Party ボクらのホームパーティー (2022) Director: Shuichi Kawanobe [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

“Our House Party” is a well-acted slice of gay life from Tokyo that gives an honest view of some of what it means to be gay in Japan.…

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Jul 13, 2022 • Subscribe

Bagmati River バグマティリバー Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022] vcinema review

My rewrite of my review for Bagmati River バグマティリバー Dir: Yusaku Matsumoto (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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A New Wind Blows 新しい風 Dir: Yutaro Nakamura (2021) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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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May 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 – In Cinemas, Online, and International

Details on Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022 – It Plays In Cinemas and Online and the online part with be available to International Viewers!

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Jan 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022’s Opening and Closing Films

Details on Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022’s Opening and Closing Films – Yanagawa, Miss Osaka

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Feb 9, 2022 • Subscribe

Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action 바운더리 Dir: Yun Ga-hyun (South Korea) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Boundary: Flaming Feminist Action is a timely reminder 바운더리 Dir: Yun Ga-hyun (South Korea) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Mar 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Intimate Stranger 親密な他人 Dir: Mayu Nakamura [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

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Jul 19, 2022 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi 11 (はなにあらし)

High school is a weird time. So much is going on in your body, in your head, in your heart. It’s the last time to have fun as…

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Sep 22, 2022 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi 10 (はなにあらし)

High school is a weird time. So much is going on in your body, in your head, in your heart. It’s the last time to have fun as…

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Howling 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) V Cinema Show Review [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

Howling is a bleak comedy of the absurd and cruel kind with good acting and direction to sell the story. 遠吠え Dir: Sheikh M Haris (2022) [Osaka Asian Film…

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The Residents 暮らしの残像 Director: Kahori Higashi [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

The Residents, by director Kahori Higashi, is a snappy ensemble comedy that follows a traditional four-act structure of intro, development, twist, and conclusion. The Residents 暮らしの残像 Director: Kah…

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May 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

A film for the economic uncertainty of our Covid-19 age. Gotō-san ゴトーさん Dir: Hiroshi Gokan (2020) [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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Out of TOKYO202x Director: Akinori Ikuse [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2022]

A refreshing sci-fi short from Japan, Out of TOKYO202x takes the time-slip formula and uses it on the summer Olympics of 2021! Director: Akinori Ikuse [Osaka Asian Film Festival…

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Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 Announces Complete Lineup

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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Jul 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi, Volume 5 (はなにあらし)

While we’re able to enjoy Makoto Hagino’s slow-burn high school Yuri romance, A Tropical Fish Years for Snow in English, there is another Shogagakukan title with a similar…

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Jan 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi, Volume 8, (はなにあらし)

In Hana ni Arashi, Volume 8 (はなにあらし), Nanoha is starting to feel the weight of the real world and isn’t sure that she and Chidori inhabit the same…

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Hana ni Arashi, Volume 9 (はなにあらし)

We have watched Nanoha and Chidori since they began dating. For a very long time, it was under the radar, but as they look towards a wider future…

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Apr 4, 2022 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi, Volume 11 (はなにあらし)

Nanoha and Chidori are two young woman in love. They know that when they graduate thing will change and their lives will grow more compliacated, but for this…

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Dec 4, 2023 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi, Volume 4 (はなにあらし)

In Volume 1 we met Nanoha and Chidori, two girls who have a secret – they are lovers. They aren’t lovers, but they are in love and they…

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Jul 17, 2020 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi, Volume 6 (はなにあらし)

Nanoha and Chidori have shared their first kisses and, frankly, they are pretty sure that they no one has noticed, even though it got a little weird between…

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May 27, 2021 • Subscribe

Hana ni Arashi, Volume 7 (はなにあらし)

In Volume 7 of Hana ni Arashi, (はなにあらし) something finally happens. Well…two things. Remembering that, in this series “happen” is very broadly applied word. ^_^ The first thing…

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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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Hong Kong Family 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]

Hong Kong Family by director Eric Tsang is a strong ensemble drama that shows he is a promising talent to watch. 過時・過節 (2022) Dir: TSANG Hing Weng Eric…

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Green Jail 緑の牢獄 Dir: Huang Yin-yu [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021]

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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]

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Offbeat Cops 異動辞令は音楽隊！ (2022) Dir: Eiji Uchida [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

Offbeat Cops is a fun, family-friendly film about learning to harmonise with others. Offbeat Cops 異動辞令は音楽隊！ (2022) Dir: Eiji Uchida [New York Asian Film Festival 2022]

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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.…

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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…

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