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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: 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

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: 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

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: After Winter, the Tamaki Family… (2023) [OAFF 2023]

A genuine and heartfelt tribute the grandmother of the Tamaki family

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Mar 30, 2023 • 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: 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

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

“A splendid debut by Shuna Iijima.”

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Mar 27, 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: Canary (2023) review

Taka Jeremy Tsubota confirms his talent as director.

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May 17, 2023 • Subscribe

Canary

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

Melody

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: 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 Review: Faaawww!!! (2022) [JFFH 2023]

Oniki’s twisted finale does not only visually impress but also underlines that the hunger of the Uber-Ich is never stilled.

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Jun 22, 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: 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: 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: 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 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

Shall We Dance? (Shall we ダンス?, Masayuki Suo, 1996)

A dejected salaryman rediscovers his joie de vivre after taking up ballroom dancing in Masayuki Suo’s charming dramedy

Windows on Worlds

Dec 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Angelique

Short movie Time: Nowhere To Go But Everywhere (2022) [IFFR 2022]

“An incredible short that explores the subjective impact of the lack of materiality (i.e. bones) on the process of mourning in a very intimate way.”

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Feb 1, 2022 • Subscribe

Anime Boston 2023: Why We Love Time Loops

Editor: Samantha Ferreira Date: 4/7/2023 Host: Dapplemii In our uncertain world, it’s tempting to wonder how we would approach milestones in our life if

Anime Herald

May 13, 2023 • Subscribe

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: Psychology counsellor (2021)

“A thrilling masterpiece.”

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Feb 28, 2022 • Subscribe

Haruna Tanaka Double-Bill: “Shall We Love You?” and “Kanro  甘露” [Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023]

Director Haruna Tanaka is subject to a special section at Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 where two of her films, “Shall We Love You?” and “Kanro  甘露”, will…

Genkinahito

Mar 11, 2023 • 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

Episode #55 – Shall We Dance?

In this episode, Perry is joined once again by Patrick Terry to discuss Masayuki Suo’s underrated 1996 film, Shall We Dance? We talk about the socioeconomic commentary in…

Japan On Film

Mar 19, 2022 • Subscribe

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

A highly enjoyable short by Kiichiro Kimura.

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Feb 14, 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

As Long As We Both Shall Live (2023) review [Fantasia Fest 2023]

An over-the-top and highly powerful romance narrative.

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Aug 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia, Mirai

Short movie time: Laundromat on the Corner (2020)

“A very pleasant horror-romance short narrative.”

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Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

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

Tetsuro Manno proves that he has mastered the drama-genre and shows off his ability to create a quite thematically dense experience.

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Jan 24, 2023 • Subscribe

Shall We Date: Demon’s Bond – Chitose

Intro: I just finished Chitose’s route for Shall We Date: Demon’s Bond. This is a prequel of sorts to Hakuoki, since it is set in the same world,…

Charming Delusions

Jul 23, 2015 • Subscribe

Kizuna

Shall We Date: Demon’s Bond – Kazuya

Intro: Shortly after meeting Kazuya, this is one of Yukina’s first impressions of him, and it’s pretty accurate to his personality and their relationship. Kazuya rarely shows too…

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Jul 30, 2015 • Subscribe

Kizuna

Shall We Date: Demon’s Bond – Kazutake

Intro: Finally!! Kazutake!!! He was the guy that immediately grabbed me from the prologue, but Chitose and Kazuya seem to be the “main” guys, so I wanted to…

Charming Delusions

Aug 11, 2015 • Subscribe

Kizuna

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

Boy Sprouted (Japan, 2021) [OAFF 2022/Short Shorts and Asian Film Festival 2022]

Jason Maher reviews Yuko Watanabe's short film Boy Sprouted.

VCinema

Apr 27, 2022 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: Honeymoon (2021) review [Japan Cuts 2021]

“A pleasing narrative about the arbitrariness of language and culture.”

psycho-cinematography

Nov 9, 2021 • Subscribe

Short Movie Reviews

Havent done one of these in a while. *** American History X - 5.5/10. Ah yes, this movie about a guys transformation into a Neo-Nazi and later reformation.…

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Aug 11, 2023 • Subscribe

Short Movie Time: But It Did Happen (2022) [Skip City International D-Cinema Festival]

Ruichi Suita offers a masterclass in using images as signifiers and concatenating them elegantly to sketch out the unaccepted truth that determines a subject’s signifiers and acts.

psycho-cinematography

Jan 15, 2023 • Subscribe

Howling (Japan, 2022) [OAFF 2022]

Jason Maher reviews M Haris Sheikh's neo noir Howling.

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Apr 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Cafune (2023) review [OAFF 2023]

A very strong debut by Haruki Kinemura.

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Mar 28, 2023 • 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…

psycho-cinematography

Mar 15, 2022 • Subscribe