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Random Call (ランダム・コール, Riki Ohkanda, 2022)

A struggling Tokyo actor learns a few life lessons through randomly reconnecting with old friends in Riki Ohkanda’s heartwarming dramedy

Windows on Worlds

Mar 30, 2022 • Subscribe

Angry Son (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“An incredibly rich and deep narrative that not only delivers a satisfying coming-of-age story but also an elegantly delivered social commentary on some of the frictions marking Japanese…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Melting Sounds (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“Kahori Higashi’s debut is impressive.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 14, 2022 • Subscribe

Our House Party (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

Kawanobe delivers a very touching and emotional story about homosexuality in Japan.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 11, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • Subscribe

OAFF 2022 Special

 Hello everyone, In this special episode of Heroic Purgatory, John and Jason discuss their favorite movies from the wonderful 2022 Osaka Asian Film Festival. Timestamps:2:53 - Media Consumption19:12 - News23:42…

Heroic Purgatory

Mar 28, 2022 • 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.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Far Away, Further Away (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful film that elegantly explores the role the imaginary plays in marital failure as well as in the beginning of a new romantic bond.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 2, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Review: Natsuko (2020) [OAFF 2022]

“A splendid debut by Shuna Iijima.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Bagmati River (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A beautiful poetic short that elegantly plays with the contrast between life and death.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 24, 2022 • Subscribe

The Light Of The Spring (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“An experimental ‘dramamentary’ that succeeds to charm and touch the spectator with its rich mundane and genuine interactions.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Sanka: Nomads of the Mountains (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“A visually enticing narrative that elegantly explores the unresolvable tension between the societal Other and the subject.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 8, 2022 • Subscribe

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

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

Genkinahito

Mar 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Ask For The Moon (2022) review [OAFF 2024]

A satisfying narrative that illustrates how the subject’s ego is but a response to his complexes and struggles.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 5, 2024 • Subscribe

To Be Killed by a High School Girl (2022) review [OAFF 2022]

“The effective interaction between his fluid composition, the great narrative structure, and the thematical exploration of trauma and perverse fantasies ensures that the film hits all the rig…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Short movie time: North Shinjuku 2055 (2021) review [OAFF 2022]

“A pleasant experimental short.”

psycho-cinematography

Mar 30, 2022 • Subscribe

The Wonder Of a Summer Day (2022) [OAFF 2022]

“A visually pleasing narrative that underlines, in a charming and touching way, the importance for the subject to find the kind of signifiers that can unlock his/her deadlock.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Amalock (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A narrative that fluidly combines comedy and tragedy to deliver an experience of smiles and tears.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 17, 2024 • Subscribe

Suton (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

Rikako Watanabe’s narrative succeeds to echo the unvocalized ‘pandemic’ truth of many.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 2, 2024 • Subscribe

Snowdrop (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A complex character portrait that touchingly illustrates how easy it is to misrecognize the logic of the subject-supposed-to-be-in-need.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 29, 2024 • Subscribe

Cafune (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A very strong debut by Haruki Kinemura.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 28, 2023 • Subscribe

My Favorite Random Things of 2022

2022 was a rough year in a string of *rough* years for the world. It was a year of war, toxic politics, COVID still lingering, and whatever the…

Drifting Soul

Nov 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Number Call Review

Nagisa Furuya's Number Call is a cute and fluffy one-shot that captures the best part of a slow burn romance.

The Wonder Of Anime

Mar 31, 2024 • Subscribe

Random Blog Post of 4/26/2022

I felt inspired to make this blog post while watching Dragon Ball, and it’s on two different anime. One of them is an anime I put on my…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Apr 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Dragon Ball, Gunsmith Cats

Random Blog Post for 10/31/2022

Here are a bunch of random thoughts I have on October 31, all anime-related. I talk about Mob Psycho 100 III, Bocchi the Rock!, my weird anime-watching habit…

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Oct 31, 2022 • Subscribe

BOCCHI THE ROCK!, Mob Psycho 100, Mob Psycho 100 II, Mob Psycho 100 III

Random Blog Post for 9/26/2022

In this blog post, I ramble about my New Years’ Goals, my normal craving for novelty, Cirno, and September 26, 2017.

Advanced495's Anime Blog

Sep 26, 2022 • Subscribe

Good Luck (2025) review [OAFF 2025]

Shin Adachi utilizes the dynamic of the encounter to examine the problem of desiring within the societal field and the way desire give rise to misunderstanding between subjects.

psycho-cinematography

17 days ago • Subscribe

Wash Away (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A pleasant narrative that offers a fresh but familiar exploration of the subject’s fundamental desire for recognition/love and the problematic yet medicative function of consumption.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko 22 (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A subtle but playful narrative about a subject who slowly tries to crawl out the hole of emptiness and diminished self-worth.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 14, 2024 • Subscribe

Sumiko

V. Maria (2025) review [OAFF 2025]

The neatly interwoven narrative fabric, which evokes the dimension of loss in various forms, beautifully sketches out the importance for the subject to construct a narrative to support…

psycho-cinematography

22 days ago • Subscribe

Goto-san (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“Gokan expertly reveals the position of the freeter as an attempt to escape the capitalistic machinery but also as a position that most easily falls prey to the…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Blue Imagine (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

A powerful reminder of the sexual transgressions that structurally plague the Japanese film industry

psycho-cinematography

Apr 1, 2024 • Subscribe

Faraway Family (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

A very touching narrative that explores the frail position of the father and how his structural failure can cause subjective struggles and inhibitions.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 4, 2024 • Subscribe

Random post is random.

Once again, I’ll be in attendance at Montreal’s Otakuthon this weekend. My last (and first) time was in 2008; I was all set to go last year, but…

A.R.K. (Anime Reviews by Korasoff)

Aug 11, 2010 • Subscribe

Random Manga Review Post 2020

Ariana here. I have not been able to watch any anime at all due to circumstances, but I was able to read quite a bit of manga thanks…

Moeronpan

May 18, 2020 • Subscribe

Kobato, The Royal Tutor

Sweet Bitter Candy (2021) review [OAFF 2021]

“An amazing exploration of the clash between a sweet youthful romantic desire and the bitter urge of a wounded subject to defend his subjective wounds.”

psycho-cinematography

Apr 30, 2021 • Subscribe

Side by Side (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A peaceful dream-like visual experience that celebrates both the impact subjects have on each other as well as the manner in which the subject remains opaque to himself…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 19, 2023 • Subscribe

Performing Kaoru’s Funeral (2023) review [OAFF 2024]

Yuasa’s narrative shows that the unavoidable presence of death during a funeral can allow a subject to re-route his own trajectory.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 7, 2024 • Subscribe

Anime Review: Seraphim Call

Year: 1999 Length: 12 Episodes Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi Studio: Sunrise Synopsis: Eleven young hearts with eleven dreams. Deep in their hearts, each girl has a secret dream…

YuriReviews and More

May 20, 2020 • Subscribe

Seraphim Call

Short Movie Time: Shall We Love You? (2022) [OAFF 2023]

A nice little heart-warming short that questions the connection between love and happiness.

psycho-cinematography

Apr 2, 2023 • Subscribe

Random Anime Review: Keiichi Hara’s Colorful

Unless you’re a thoroughly obsessed anime movie devotee, you’ve probably never heard of director Keiichi Hara, though you may be familiar…

AniTAY-Official - Medium

Feb 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Colorful

Random Anime Review: Time of Eve

With the recent Sing a Bit of Harmony fresh in my mind, what better time to look at director Yasuhiro Yoshiura’s first solo anime movie?

AniTAY-Official - Medium

Feb 3, 2022 • Subscribe

Time of Eve

Memories of this Scent (2024) review [OAFF 2024]

An endearing and fragrance rich tale of subjective change.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 8, 2024 • Subscribe

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…

psycho-cinematography

Apr 20, 2021 • Subscribe

Summer 2022 First Impressions – Call of the Night

Streaming: HIDIVE Episodes: 13 Source: Manga Episode Summary: Ko Yamori can’t sleep, so rather than stay home and keep trying to catch some elusive Zs, he decides to…

Season 1 Episode 1

Jul 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Call of the Night

Call For Dreams (2018) review

A visual experience that is not only about style and artfulness.

psycho-cinematography

May 24, 2021 • Subscribe

Call Me Chihiro (2023) review

What makes Imaizumi’s narrative a pleasant and such an emotional watch is the fine balance he found between waves of light-heartedness and the forlorn aftertaste that remains after…

psycho-cinematography

Nov 12, 2023 • Subscribe

Call of Fame Review: Gate

Gate: A gate opens between Japan and a fantasy world with elves, dragons -- and war. It landed in JSDF officer and otaku Youji Itami's lap!

Crow's World of Anime

Jan 6, 2023 • Subscribe

The Burden Of The Past (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

With his latest drama film, Funahashi’s delivers a contender for this year’s best Japanese film.

psycho-cinematography

Mar 13, 2023 • Subscribe